Sunday, March 27, 2011

Thought for the Day

We do not know what we see,
but we see what we know.
~ H.R. Rookmaaker

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Biographical Profile of Henderik Roelf "Hans" Rookmaaker (1922-1977) at Dictionary of Art Historians

H.R. Rookmaaker, Art Needs No Justification (Regent College Publishing, 2010)

H.R. Rookmaaker, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture (Crossway Books, 1994), on GoogleBooks

Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker (editor), The Complete Works of H.R. Rookmaaker (6 Vols), Piquant Editions, 2002/3 (This set is also available on CD.)

2 comments:

S. Etole said...

We see what we look for, don't we?

Louise Gallagher said...

Okay -- so that has to be one of the best quotes I've read in awhile!

thanks -- hope your Sunday is warm and snuggly.

We're supposed to get to the freezing point today -- it's warming up! :)