Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Childhood's Garden, 1917; watercolor on paper, 27 x 19 inches; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 4, 1914
Friday, Aug 2, 2019
And so do my impressions of childhood evade me. Of late there have been rare instances when childhood impressions would flash across my mind—it is not that I wish to go back, or mourn for the past. I only wish I might look at nature new as I did then, with a mind steeped in fairy tales and illusions.
Charles E. Burchfield, August 4, 1914