"There are no tyrannies that would not try to limit art, because they can see the power of art. Art can tell the world things that cannot be shared otherwise. It is art that conveys feelings."

 - Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine 

Jan Cox

©Courtesy Adriaan Raemdonck
Orpheus Returning from Hades, Boston, 1972
Painting , 300 x 127 cm
acrylic on canvas

“The roots of our civilisation are with the Greek and therefore I am glad that I had a Greek-Latin education. To deny or demolish the bonds always seemed like suicide to me. 'I do not consider tradition a form of stagnant convention, on the contrary, it is the source of energy and progress. Our civilization has been built upon a chain of heritages, if we don’t recognize their value anymore we may still exist as a power but not as a civilization. This in answer to those who don’t understand my love for ancient myths.'”[1]

– Jan Cox


[1] Marijke Van Eeckhaut in: Jan Cox. Living One’s Art, Stichting Kunstboek, Group Van Damme, Oostkamp, 2008, p.222