As long as these memories help us to enjoy what we see, we need not worry. All of us, when we see a painting, are bound to be reminded of a hundred-and-one things which influence our likes and dislikes. Someone may like a landscape painting because it reminds him of home, or a portrait because it reminds him of a friend. Gombrich writes in The Story of Art, a survey of art history first published in 1950 that was groundbreaking in its turn toward approachability in art criticism: “I DO NOT THINK that there are any wrong reasons for liking a statue or a picture,” E.
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