Today I decided to take a nice relaxing day to read a new book before visiting the Auckland Art Gallery. I arrived at the gallery pretty late in the day which has me excited to return tomorrow for a second glance. This time I should plan to spend more than three hours! Here are some photos – and also to note, I thought I had seen all that Picasso had to offer in Europe, but of course I was greatly surprised to see I have not! It is nice to see bits here and there around the world of artists I have come to know very well on my travels.
“He never asked unless he wanted to know and he could not conceive of the brain that would ask without wanting to know.”
– John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
“The remarkable thing isn’t that they put their tails up in the air – the really incredibly remarkable thing is that we find it remarkable. We can only use ourselves as yardsticks. If we did something as inexplicable and strange we’d probably be praying – so maybe they’re praying.”
– John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
“…but still my last waking effort was to listen and distinguish, and my last conscious state was one of wonder at the foreign clamour in my ears.”
– R. L. Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
