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Painters Quotes

Almost all great painters in old age arrive at the same kind of broad, simplified style, as if they wanted to summarise the whole of their experience in a few strokes and blobs of colour Picture Quote #1

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition Picture Quote #1

Some painters, including myself, do not care what chair they are sitting on. It does not even has to be a comfortable one. They are too nervous to find out were they ought to sit Picture Quote #1

The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm Picture Quote #1

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them Picture Quote #1

Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment Picture Quote #1

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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time Picture Quote #1

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors Picture Quote #1

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired Picture Quote #1

Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It’s not a big deal. It makes me happy Picture Quote #1

... too many young painters of the day work for the crowd, and not for art. But, then, should not the painters of the day work for the education of the crowd? Picture Quote #1

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others’ expectations can be avoided Picture Quote #1

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San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film - makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind Picture Quote #1

Most people who think they can’t live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think they’re better than Picture Quote #1

For me personally, I love art and artists of all mediums and we’ve seen madness is more often than not present in the greatest painters, poets, writers, and songwriters in history Picture Quote #1

David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn’t play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters Picture Quote #1

As for borrowing Mr. Whistler’s ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to his own superiority as a painter over painters greater than himself Picture Quote #1

My father’s parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know Picture Quote #1

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I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much Picture Quote #1

The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn’t refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else Picture Quote #1

If I am not mistaken, the word art and artist did not exist during the Renaissance and before: there were simply architects, sculptors, and painters, practicing a trade Picture Quote #1

Art was a way of life in my family. My grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, who died a year before I was born, had been a prominent painter. So was my father, Andrew. My two aunts and two of my uncles also earned a living as painters Picture Quote #1

For many years it was difficult for me to paint because I didn’t feel the informal painting that was then tyrannically dominating painters and art collectors Picture Quote #1

I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions Picture Quote #1

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Make your faces so that they do not all have the same expression, as one sees with most painters, but give them different expression, according to age, complexion, and good or bad character Picture Quote #1

When I say be creative I don’t mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem Picture Quote #1

There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I’ve often thought, ‘Goodness, if I could paint like the Danish Golden Age painters, the early 19th century painters, the way they could paint a landscape - absolutely beautiful.’ Picture Quote #1

Try to walk as much as you can, and keep your love for nature, for that is the true way to learn to understand art more and more. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see her. If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere Picture Quote #1

In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that’s absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children’s books. In Japan, everything is art. They don’t say painting is better than ceramics or dress design Picture Quote #1

My faith is that I don’t believe in fate! We are not puppets or zombies of destiny. We are the main painters of our life’s canvas Picture Quote #1

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Almost all great painters in old age arrive at the same kind of broad, simplified style, as if they wanted to summarise the whole of their experience in a few strokes and blobs of colour (Painters Quotes) It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition (Painters Quotes) Some painters, including myself, do not care what chair they are sitting on. It does not even has to be a comfortable one. They are too nervous to find out were they ought to sit (Painters Quotes) The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm (Painters Quotes) We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them (Painters Quotes) Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment (Painters Quotes) Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time (Painters Quotes) I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors (Painters Quotes) Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired (Painters Quotes) Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It’s not a big deal. It makes me happy (Painters Quotes) ... too many young painters of the day work for the crowd, and not for art. But, then, should not the painters of the day work for the education of the crowd? (Painters Quotes) Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others’ expectations can be avoided (Painters Quotes) San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film - makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind (Painters Quotes) Most people who think they can’t live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think they’re better than (Painters Quotes) For me personally, I love art and artists of all mediums and we’ve seen madness is more often than not present in the greatest painters, poets, writers, and songwriters in history (Painters Quotes) David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn’t play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters (Painters Quotes) As for borrowing Mr. Whistler’s ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to his own superiority as a painter over painters greater than himself (Painters Quotes) My father’s parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know. (Painters Quotes) I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much. (Painters Quotes) The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn’t refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else. (Painters Quotes) If I am not mistaken, the word art and artist did not exist during the Renaissance and before: there were simply architects, sculptors, and painters, practicing a trade. (Painters Quotes) Art was a way of life in my family. My grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, who died a year before I was born, had been a prominent painter. So was my father, Andrew. My two aunts and two of my uncles also earned a living as painters. (Painters Quotes) For many years it was difficult for me to paint because I didn’t feel the informal painting that was then tyrannically dominating painters and art collectors. (Painters Quotes) I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions. (Painters Quotes) Make your faces so that they do not all have the same expression, as one sees with most painters, but give them different expression, according to age, complexion, and good or bad character. (Painters Quotes) When I say be creative I don’t mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem. (Painters Quotes) There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I’ve often thought, ‘Goodness, if I could paint like the Danish Golden Age painters, the early 19th century painters, the way they could paint a landscape - absolutely beautiful.’ (Painters Quotes) Try to walk as much as you can, and keep your love for nature, for that is the true way to learn to understand art more and more. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see her. If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere. (Painters Quotes) In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that’s absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children’s books. In Japan, everything is art. They don’t say painting is better than ceramics or dress design. (Painters Quotes) My faith is that I don’t believe in fate! We are not puppets or zombies of destiny. We are the main painters of our life’s canvas. (Painters Quotes)

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