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Painting Quotes

I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can’t share it with anyone until it’s done Picture Quote #1

If an artist has no experience before he makes a painting or a sculpture, he is not an artist Picture Quote #1

The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband’s with his wife. But mine is a relationship with a stranger... with the chance acquaintance Picture Quote #1

An intrinsic part of the whole delicious, exuberant fun, and joy of painting consists in simply not having to bother about making a mess, either of one’s person, or of the surroundings in which one is at work Picture Quote #1

If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that’s all Picture Quote #1

Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings Picture Quote #1

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There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it Picture Quote #1

A contemporary painting is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it and not a predetermined figure Picture Quote #1

As the decades go by, a painter’s life becomes a life lived with oil paint, a story told in the thicknesses of oil. Any history of painting that does not take that obsession seriously is incomplete Picture Quote #1

Painting is an unspoken and largely unrecognized dialogue, where paint speaks silently in masses and colors and the artist responds in moods Picture Quote #1

People generally are more interested in my work when they get to know me. Serious collectors like to get not just a painting but a piece of the artist Picture Quote #1

What is painting today? It’s a discontinued thing, discontinued from anything serious that happened in the past Picture Quote #1

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Just listening carefully to what the musicians are really doing, putting the music in the right time... I became aware of the degree to which time, and therefore duration, was important in music and in art. It had a direct influence on my painting Picture Quote #1

The question of painting is bound up with epistemology, with the engagement of the viewer, with what the viewer may learn Picture Quote #1

Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the magical equation Picture Quote #1

The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting Picture Quote #1

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind Picture Quote #1

Learning the art of painting is not an easy task. It takes a great deal of intelligence, keen analysis, study and practice Picture Quote #1

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It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art Picture Quote #1

I suggest that it is the honesty of the attempt to recreate the forms and spaces visually without artistic editing that is one of the hallmarks of realist painting Picture Quote #1

Doubt is a central factor all the time. There’s always the doubt: What the hell am I doing out here in the middle of the woods, all alone, painting? Picture Quote #1

I paint very directly. I go from top to bottom. When I get to the floor, the painting is finished Picture Quote #1

I’ve tried to decentralize and interpenetrate so that all parts of a painting are of related value Picture Quote #1

How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven’t really been completed Picture Quote #1

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I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and how you were feeling and what your influences were... You are never going to feel that way again, so you can never repeat it Picture Quote #1

Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can’t get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way Picture Quote #1

Values create dimension, but color usually receives all of the attention. When painting with oils, placing dark and light pigments next to each other can be an accident waiting to happen Picture Quote #1

I deal with painting as I deal with things, I paint a window just as I look out of a window. If an open window looks wrong in a picture, I draw the curtain and shut it, just as I would in my own room. In painting, as in life, you must act directly Picture Quote #1

I do what I do out of pure enjoyment. Hopefully, nobody does it better. There’s a beauty to making a great deal. It’s my canvas. And I like painting it Picture Quote #1

In the sphere of natural investigation, as in poetry and painting, the delineation of that which appeals most strongly to the imagination, derives its collective interest from the vivid truthfulness with which the individual features are portrayed Picture Quote #1

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I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can’t share it with anyone until it’s done (Painting Quotes) If an artist has no experience before he makes a painting or a sculpture, he is not an artist (Painting Quotes) The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband’s with his wife. But mine is a relationship with a stranger... with the chance acquaintance (Painting Quotes) An intrinsic part of the whole delicious, exuberant fun, and joy of painting consists in simply not having to bother about making a mess, either of one’s person, or of the surroundings in which one is at work (Painting Quotes) If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that’s all (Painting Quotes) Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings (Painting Quotes) There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it (Painting Quotes) A contemporary painting is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it and not a predetermined figure (Painting Quotes) As the decades go by, a painter’s life becomes a life lived with oil paint, a story told in the thicknesses of oil. Any history of painting that does not take that obsession seriously is incomplete (Painting Quotes) Painting is an unspoken and largely unrecognized dialogue, where paint speaks silently in masses and colors and the artist responds in moods (Painting Quotes) People generally are more interested in my work when they get to know me. Serious collectors like to get not just a painting but a piece of the artist (Painting Quotes) What is painting today? It’s a discontinued thing, discontinued from anything serious that happened in the past (Painting Quotes) Just listening carefully to what the musicians are really doing, putting the music in the right time... I became aware of the degree to which time, and therefore duration, was important in music and in art. It had a direct influence on my painting (Painting Quotes) The question of painting is bound up with epistemology, with the engagement of the viewer, with what the viewer may learn (Painting Quotes) Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the magical equation (Painting Quotes) The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting (Painting Quotes) Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind (Painting Quotes) Learning the art of painting is not an easy task. It takes a great deal of intelligence, keen analysis, study and practice (Painting Quotes) It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art (Painting Quotes) I suggest that it is the honesty of the attempt to recreate the forms and spaces visually without artistic editing that is one of the hallmarks of realist painting (Painting Quotes) Doubt is a central factor all the time. There’s always the doubt: What the hell am I doing out here in the middle of the woods, all alone, painting? (Painting Quotes) I paint very directly. I go from top to bottom. When I get to the floor, the painting is finished (Painting Quotes) I’ve tried to decentralize and interpenetrate so that all parts of a painting are of related value (Painting Quotes) How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven’t really been completed (Painting Quotes) I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and how you were feeling and what your influences were... You are never going to feel that way again, so you can never repeat it (Painting Quotes) Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can’t get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way (Painting Quotes) Values create dimension, but color usually receives all of the attention. When painting with oils, placing dark and light pigments next to each other can be an accident waiting to happen (Painting Quotes) I deal with painting as I deal with things, I paint a window just as I look out of a window. If an open window looks wrong in a picture, I draw the curtain and shut it, just as I would in my own room. In painting, as in life, you must act directly (Painting Quotes) I do what I do out of pure enjoyment. Hopefully, nobody does it better. There’s a beauty to making a great deal. It’s my canvas. And I like painting it (Painting Quotes) In the sphere of natural investigation, as in poetry and painting, the delineation of that which appeals most strongly to the imagination, derives its collective interest from the vivid truthfulness with which the individual features are portrayed (Painting Quotes)

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