22 x 17 ins
Art is the hidden spring, oasis in the desert. In these favourable times, we believe ourselves to have arrived at the point of knowing everything whilst completely ignoring the essential which is love of all beauty whether visible or hidden.
Extract from Rouault sur l’Art et sur la Vie, Les Editions Denoël-Gonthier, Paris 1971
Art is the hidden spring, oasis in the desert. In these favourable times, we believe ourselves to have arrived at the point of knowing everything whilst completely ignoring the essential which is love of all beauty whether visible or hidden.
Extract from Rouault sur l’Art et sur la Vie, Les Editions Denoël-Gonthier, Paris 1971