“No one mirrors his age clearer than the artist, for here is the living moment made concrete, the particular made general.”

—  John Minton (artist)

John Minton A selective retrospective Exh. cat. Oriel Davies Gallery , Newtown, Wales 1994 quoted in Insights by Liz Rideal, National Portrait Gallery, London 2005 ISBN 1855143631

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