Fly-fishing is solitary contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It’s not even clear if catching fish is actually the point.” – John Gierach
If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art I should call it the reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.” -Paul Cezanne photo by almostfinnish
The object of art is not to reproduce reality but to create a reality of the same intensity. -Alberto Giacometti photo by almostfinnish