Many of the great artists were travellers. Gauguin travelled to the islands of Martinique and Tahiti for inspiration; Van Gogh hopped all over Europe; and it wasn’t until Australia’s Margaret Preston returned from extensive travels abroad that she discovered that there’s more than one vision in art.
Creative ideas spring from experiencing the world in novel and original ways, and travel achieves this objective splendidly. That is, if you leave your camera at home.
Susan Sontag in On ...
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