Quotes from Mark Stevens

One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie.

Shouldn't a great museum foster serious seeing before all else?

One of the best things about paintings is their silence — which prompts reflection and random reverie.

Closing the asylums has not brought us any closer to working out how we should respond to mental illness. We still prefer to think that out of mind should mean out of sight.

Yes, we are all alone in this world. At least, when it comes right down to it. We are by ourselves, even when we're with others. All our thoughts are ours, alone.