Author: Bridget Riley

Quotes

There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.

There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.

- Bridget Riley

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.

- Bridget Riley

His failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he conforms something else, even if at the time he does not know what that something else is.

His failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he conforms something else, even if at the time he does not know what that something else is.

- Bridget Riley

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

- Bridget Riley

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience.

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience.

- Bridget Riley

As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play.

As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play.

- Bridget Riley

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict.

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict.

- Bridget Riley

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