27 de Setembro

"Patiente and perseverance

have a magical effect before

which difficulties disappear

and obstacles vanish"

John Qincy Adams

Woman with a Water Jug, c. 1663

Johannes Vermeer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1 de Agosto

"The artist must create a spark

before he can make a fire

and before art is born,

the artist must be ready

to be consumed by the fire

of his own creation"

Auguste Rodin

The Girl with the Pearl Earring, c. 1665

Johannes Vermeer

Mauritshuis, The Hague

15 de Abril

"To send light into the darkness of

men's hearts - such is the duty

of the artist"

Robert A. Schumann

The Art of Painting, c. 1665-66

Johannes Vermeer

Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna