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Painting Quotes

When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing Picture Quote #1

When I’m painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It’s only after a get acquainted period that I see what I’ve been about. I’ve no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own Picture Quote #1

I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting Picture Quote #1

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don’t know what to say about what I paint, really Picture Quote #1

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible Picture Quote #1

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century Picture Quote #1

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I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective Picture Quote #1

I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting Picture Quote #1

Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life Picture Quote #1

I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism Picture Quote #1

Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud Picture Quote #1

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting was not alien Picture Quote #1

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Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky Picture Quote #1

Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience Picture Quote #1

You know, the way art history is taught, often there’s nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same Picture Quote #1

As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political ones, and so it became necessary to start painting in the social background on a scale which eventually became panoramic Picture Quote #1

Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted Picture Quote #1

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Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal Picture Quote #1

I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you’re playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you’re the bad guy, you get the whole palette Picture Quote #1

And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting Picture Quote #1

I think a painting is more like the real world if it’s made out the real world Picture Quote #1

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it Picture Quote #1

Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind Picture Quote #1

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It wouldn’t be right for me to clown around when I’m painting a president Picture Quote #1

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they’re always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back Picture Quote #1

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh Picture Quote #1

I sometimes use a lot of light greens and greys when I feel there is sadness in the painting Picture Quote #1

I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don’t know whether this is the cause why I did it in music and also why I did it in painting. Or vice versa: That I had this way as an outlet. I could renounce expressing something in words Picture Quote #1

I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions Picture Quote #1

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When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing (Painting Quotes) When I’m painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It’s only after a get acquainted period that I see what I’ve been about. I’ve no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own (Painting Quotes) I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting (Painting Quotes) Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don’t know what to say about what I paint, really (Painting Quotes) Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible (Painting Quotes) The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century (Painting Quotes) I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective (Painting Quotes) I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting (Painting Quotes) Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life (Painting Quotes) I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism (Painting Quotes) Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud (Painting Quotes) As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting was not alien (Painting Quotes) Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it (Painting Quotes) I don’t believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky (Painting Quotes) Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience (Painting Quotes) You know, the way art history is taught, often there’s nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same (Painting Quotes) As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political ones, and so it became necessary to start painting in the social background on a scale which eventually became panoramic (Painting Quotes) Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted (Painting Quotes) Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal (Painting Quotes) I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you’re playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you’re the bad guy, you get the whole palette (Painting Quotes) And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting (Painting Quotes) I think a painting is more like the real world if it’s made out the real world (Painting Quotes) Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it (Painting Quotes) Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind (Painting Quotes) It wouldn’t be right for me to clown around when I’m painting a president (Painting Quotes) The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they’re always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back (Painting Quotes) For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh (Painting Quotes) I sometimes use a lot of light greens and greys when I feel there is sadness in the painting (Painting Quotes) I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don’t know whether this is the cause why I did it in music and also why I did it in painting. Or vice versa: That I had this way as an outlet. I could renounce expressing something in words (Painting Quotes) I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions (Painting Quotes)

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