The work of an artist is to create, from an infinity of possibilities, a work that is visually significant. This significance has to be seen, and it cannot be accurately named or explained. A good work reveals what has visual significance for the mind of the artist, and when we respond to it, our own mind is revealed. "What am I?" "What is this mind?" "Oh, there it is!" We are finding what we are.

 

Art reveals the mind, from its most superficial and tedious to its most perceptive, profound, and creative. A good work of art is so in accord with the mind that it is as timeless as the mind itself. It will never be out of date. Its significance, or beauty, or whatever we call it, will never diminish.

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                        from "Some Thoughts on Art"