‘‘Art is a life energy which moves creatures out of the apathy of the lower worlds.’ -Cecil Collins
’.. Like Blake, Cecil believed that he had a great task: to open our eyes inward to the Eternal Worlds. To do this required consistent, inner work on oneself and great focus of consciousness, not to be diverted or distracted from the goal of communion with these worlds. He once commented that ours is the only civilisation in 20,000 years of history that does not have a metaphysical foundation. For him this meant that the visionary artist stands against the flow of the culture, yet has to find his place within it in order to inspire and awaken the eye of the heart in others. His vocation is to build a bridge between the reality we see and know with our physical senses and another unseen reality that is accessible to the imagination’ -from A Tribute to Cecil Collins Visionary-Artist-Poet-Writer (1908-1989) by Anne Baring