"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

16 May 2011

Quietly.

Claesz, Still Life with Books and Burning Candle, 1627


We should comport ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages - stand quietly before them and wait until they speak to us.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

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