Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do. (Arthur Boyd)

Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.

Arthur Boyd

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