Giorgio Morandi

“There is nothing more surreal, nothing more abstract than reality.”

“I believe that nothing can be more abstract, more unreal, than what we actually see.”

“Nothing is more abstract than reality.”

“One can travel the world and see nothing. To achieve understanding it is necessary not to see many things, but to look hard at what you do see.”

“Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble.”

“I am essentially a painter of the kind of still life composition that communicates a sense of tranquility and privacy, moods which I have always valued above all else.”

“The feelings that I have always had for things, I have also had for the so-called 'new' painting.”

“Even in a simple subject, a great painter can achieve grandeur.”

“The only interest the visible world awakens in me is the space, the light, the colour and the forms.”

“For me, there is nothing that is not a subject.”