The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.
Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.
Seeing is in itself a movement.
It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.
Vision looks inward and becomes duty.
You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.
It is natural for us, as human beings, to look forward. Our eyes naturally look ahead. In this sense, we are made for moving toward a goal.
In the 'Nude Descending a Staircase,' I wanted to create a static image of movement: movement is an abstraction, a deduction articulated within the painting, without our knowing if a real person is or isn't descending an equally real staircase.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.