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Painting Quotes

Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account of its oblique position under the light Picture Quote #1

Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It is at such moments that one fully realizes one’s own weaknesses Picture Quote #1

Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole Picture Quote #1

Painting transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can’t reach Picture Quote #1

I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief Picture Quote #1

Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would otherwise have appeared disconnected or chaotic Picture Quote #1

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Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it’s not completely an art form. In painting you can just pick up a piece of chalk, a stick or whatever. In sculpture you can get a rock. Writing you just need a pencil and paper Picture Quote #1

Bless... the two painting masters who first pointed out to me that there was coming and going among trees, that there was sunlight in shadows Picture Quote #1

The artist does not exist except as a personification, a figure of speech that represents the sum total of art itself. It is painting that is the genius of the painter, poetry of the poet, and a person is a creative artist to the extent that he participates in that genius Picture Quote #1

Painting is... a richer language than words... Painting operates through signs which are not abstract and incorporeal like words. The signs of painting are much closer to the objects themselves Picture Quote #1

One ends up with a landscape one has never seen before but it is presumably the landscape you were feeling as you started the painting Picture Quote #1

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly Picture Quote #1

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Sculpture is for the touch, painting is for the eye. I wanted to make a sculpture for the eye and a painting for the touch Picture Quote #1

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you’re not painting Picture Quote #1

I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested to me from within, and that is how it evolves Picture Quote #1

A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise of it is felt in the act of creation but disappears towards the completion of the work. For it is then the painter realises that it is only a picture he is painting. Until then he had almost dared to hope the picture might spring to life Picture Quote #1

It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person that I am able to be when I am painting. Tonight the wind is howling and the barrels are full of sky water Picture Quote #1

It is the bareness of drawing that I like. The act of drawing is what locates, suggests, discovers. At times it seems enough to draw, without the distractions of color and mass. Yet it is an old ambition to make drawing and painting one Picture Quote #1

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I’m not interested in painting; I’m not interested in making a picture. Then what the hell am I interested in? I must be interested in this process Picture Quote #1

It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one Picture Quote #1

Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture Picture Quote #1

In every painting a whole is mysteriously enclosed, a whole life of tortures, doubts, of hours of enthusiasm and inspiration Picture Quote #1

I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces? Picture Quote #1

I arrived on earth in 1928. Born into a milieu of painters, I acquired my taste for painting with my mother’s milk Picture Quote #1

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Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for? Picture Quote #1

My work has so much to do with reality that I wanted to have a corresponding rightness. That excludes painting in imitation Picture Quote #1

The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human Picture Quote #1

The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience, to look upon an experience as a stereopticon view or with a reducing glass. However you paint the larger picture, you are in it. It isn’t something you command Picture Quote #1

Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment Picture Quote #1

I don’t think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I’ve found to get along with myself Picture Quote #1

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Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account of its oblique position under the light (Painting Quotes) Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It is at such moments that one fully realizes one’s own weaknesses (Painting Quotes) Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole (Painting Quotes) Painting transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can’t reach (Painting Quotes) I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief (Painting Quotes) Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would otherwise have appeared disconnected or chaotic (Painting Quotes) Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it’s not completely an art form. In painting you can just pick up a piece of chalk, a stick or whatever. In sculpture you can get a rock. Writing you just need a pencil and paper (Painting Quotes) Bless... the two painting masters who first pointed out to me that there was coming and going among trees, that there was sunlight in shadows (Painting Quotes) The artist does not exist except as a personification, a figure of speech that represents the sum total of art itself. It is painting that is the genius of the painter, poetry of the poet, and a person is a creative artist to the extent that he participates in that genius (Painting Quotes) Painting is... a richer language than words... Painting operates through signs which are not abstract and incorporeal like words. The signs of painting are much closer to the objects themselves (Painting Quotes) One ends up with a landscape one has never seen before but it is presumably the landscape you were feeling as you started the painting (Painting Quotes) Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly (Painting Quotes) Sculpture is for the touch, painting is for the eye. I wanted to make a sculpture for the eye and a painting for the touch (Painting Quotes) Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you’re not painting (Painting Quotes) I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested to me from within, and that is how it evolves (Painting Quotes) A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise of it is felt in the act of creation but disappears towards the completion of the work. For it is then the painter realises that it is only a picture he is painting. Until then he had almost dared to hope the picture might spring to life (Painting Quotes) It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person that I am able to be when I am painting. Tonight the wind is howling and the barrels are full of sky water (Painting Quotes) It is the bareness of drawing that I like. The act of drawing is what locates, suggests, discovers. At times it seems enough to draw, without the distractions of color and mass. Yet it is an old ambition to make drawing and painting one (Painting Quotes) I’m not interested in painting; I’m not interested in making a picture. Then what the hell am I interested in? I must be interested in this process (Painting Quotes) It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one (Painting Quotes) Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture (Painting Quotes) In every painting a whole is mysteriously enclosed, a whole life of tortures, doubts, of hours of enthusiasm and inspiration (Painting Quotes) I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces? (Painting Quotes) I arrived on earth in 1928. Born into a milieu of painters, I acquired my taste for painting with my mother’s milk (Painting Quotes) Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for? (Painting Quotes) My work has so much to do with reality that I wanted to have a corresponding rightness. That excludes painting in imitation (Painting Quotes) The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human (Painting Quotes) The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience, to look upon an experience as a stereopticon view or with a reducing glass. However you paint the larger picture, you are in it. It isn’t something you command (Painting Quotes) Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment (Painting Quotes) I don’t think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I’ve found to get along with myself (Painting Quotes)

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