ART IS OLDER THAN THE WRITTEN WORD. IT CARRIED MEANING BEFORE GRAMMAR EXISTED TO HOLD IT. A PAINTING REACHES US BEFORE A SENTENCE CAN. IT MOVES PAST THE PART OF THE MIND THAT REASONS AND ARRIVES SOMEWHERE OLDER. A FACE. A WEATHER. A GRIEF WE RECOGNISE WITHOUT BEING TOLD ITS NAME.
ART IS THE MIRROR A TIME HOLDS UP TO ITSELF. EVERY AGE LEAVES ITS EVIDENCE IN PIGMENT AND PROPORTION. WE READ CENTURIES WE NEVER LIVED THROUGH. WE STAND INSIDE ROOMS THAT CLOSED LONG BEFORE US. ART NEVER RESTS. IT MOVES TOWARDS THE THING NOT YET SEEN. NEW FORMS. NEW PERSPECTIVE. THE EDGE OF WHAT WAS PERMITTED. THEN PAST IT.
KANDINSKY HEARD COLOUR AS SOUND. IMPRESSION III TURNS TOWARDS MUSIC AND DOES NOT TURN BACK. VAN EYCK FOUND A LIGHT IN OIL THAT NO ONE HAD FOUND. THE ARNOLFINI ROOM STILL HOLDS IT. UCCELLO BENT SPACE UNTIL DEPTH OBEYED. A LANCE. A DRAGON. A GEOMETRY NO ONE HAD DARED.
SOME WORKS KEEP THEIR SECRET STILL. THE MONA LISA HAS NOT FINISHED DECIDING WHETHER TO SPEAK. THE SCREAM HAS NOT STOPPED SOUNDING. THE FIRST BREAK IS RARELY THE LOUDEST. RICHARD HAMILTON MADE POP ART BEFORE THE WORD WAS FASHIONABLE. BEFORE THE NAMES EVERYONE NOW REPEATS. THE QUIET WORK MOVED THE GROUND.
THIS IS THE COMPANY WE KEEP. 1812 BEGINS WHERE THEY BEGAN. NOT WITH LEATHER. NOT WITH THE LAST. WITH A REFUSAL TO REPEAT WHAT ALREADY EXISTS. WE MAKE SNEAKERS IN ENGLAND. CONCEPT FIRST. OBJECT SECOND. DESIGN LED. MADE BY HAND. MADE TO STAND A LITTLE APART FROM THEIR MOMENT, THE WAY THE NEW ALWAYS DOES.
ART TRANSCENDS BOUNDARIES. IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN. SO DO WE. IN THE MATERIAL. ON THE FOOT. ONE PAIR AT A TIME. ART IS THE FIRST MATERIAL. THE PAINTING OPENED THE MIND FIRST. WE FOLLOW.
