By ROBERTA SMITH

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Paintings, like poetry or music, are essential nutrients that help people sustain healthy lives.( Malerei, Lyrik und Musik, sind wesentliche Naehrstoffe, die helfen, ein gesundes Leben zu fuehren.)

They’re not recreational pleasures or sidelines. They are tools that help us grasp the diversity of the world and its history, and explore the emotional capacities with which we navigate that world. They illuminate, they humble, they nurture, they inspire. They teach us to use our eyes and to know ourselves by knowing others.