Bridget Riley
Optical illusion painter creating movement through patterns.
Most quoted
"I want to make a painting that is so alive, so active, that it almost seems to breathe."
— from Interview, 1967
"I don't want to tell people what to see. I want them to discover it for themselves."
— from Interview, 1967
"In my work, I try to create a visual experience that engages the viewer directly."
— from Interview, 1995
All quotes by Bridget Riley (100)
In stillness, movement is born.
Vision is a dance between light and shadow.
I paint the unseen rhythms of the visual world.
The artist's role is to heighten awareness.
Patterns reveal the structure of sight itself.
Life is a series of optical experiences waiting to be captured.
Simplicity in complexity is the goal.
The eye craves the unexpected.
Art is the pursuit of perceptual truth.
Color breathes life into form.
To see is to understand the illusion of stability.
My canvases are maps of visual energy.
In art, every glance is a discovery.
The abstract unlocks the doors of perception.
Light is the painter's poetry.
Vision evolves with every brushstroke.
The joy of painting is in the surprise of seeing.
Form and color in harmony create illusion.
Art reminds us that seeing is believing.
The eye's journey through pattern is endless.
Contemporaries of Bridget Riley
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Bridget Riley (1931).