Grigory Davidovich Bruskin (b. 1945), one of the most famous contemporary artists, reflects on both the great figures of the past: Sandro Boticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Jacopo Tintoretto and others, and contemporaries - Moscow unofficial artists: E. Bulatov, V. Nemukhin, L. Purygin, E. Steinberg, V. Yakovlev and others, finding unexpected parallels and unexpected angles to comprehend their work. "Creators flicker in their works. Looking at the paintings, I talk with their authors. From these "conversations" this book was born."