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In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas’s dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck Picture Quote #1

Abstract painting seeks to be a pure pictorial language, and thus attempts to escape the essential impurity of all languages: the recourse to signs or forms that have meanings shared by everyone Picture Quote #1

I’m quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or anything, have one primary concern - mankind Picture Quote #1

When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting Picture Quote #1

For most Americans, poetry plays no role in their everyday lives. But also for most Americans, contemporary painting or jazz or sculpture play no role either. I’m not saying poetry is singled out as a special thing to ignore Picture Quote #1

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody’s eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody’s life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That’s why I love songwriting Picture Quote #1

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When I first started painting, I had an interesting nightmare about Cleveland - I dreamed the houses there were encased in this free-floating cage structure. I guess Cleveland was a confining place for me, even though my parents weren’t too conservative Picture Quote #1

I spend my afternoons painting and working on my Open Hearts jewelry line for Kay Jewelers. I designed an image of a heart that isn’t completely closed. My mom always told me to live with an open heart - when life gets tough, you should go out and help someone else 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

It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it Picture Quote #1

Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues Picture Quote #1

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Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider Picture Quote #1

When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the world, not through architecture, but through painting. I lived the artist’s life, mingling with poets and writers, and working as a waiter. I was intrigued by the aliveness of the city Picture Quote #1

Architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, may truly be called the efflorescence of civilised life Picture Quote #1

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention Picture Quote #1

I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it’s worth I did it Picture Quote #1

I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture Picture Quote #1

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My dad’s an artist, and my grandfather paints - he’s not a painter; my grandfather’s a butcher - but he does a lot of crafts, stained glass, painting, that stuff. There is art in our family, and I was an art major in college along with being a theater major Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing Picture Quote #1

I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture Picture Quote #1

These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1,200, they look at me like I’m a flesh-eating virus Picture Quote #1

I’ve enjoyed collecting. I’ve enjoyed art ever since - I’ll tell you when - I went to Columbia. I went to the Met, and I saw Poussin’s ‘Rape of the Sabine Women’, and it’s this incredible, epic, great, great painting Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, ‘cause I had been to art college Picture Quote #1

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When I was three or four, I was really good at drawing and painting, and everyone used to say, You’re going to go to art college. I didn’t really know what that meant Picture Quote #1

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic Picture Quote #1

This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer’s art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution Picture Quote #1

I enjoyed art in school. I’ve always done little drawings and stuff like that. I don’t really know what I’m doing with the painting, but I experiment Picture Quote #1

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there’s something about music that people hold so close. It’s such a powerful art form, and that’s why I live for it Picture Quote #1

I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater Picture Quote #1

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In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas’s dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck. (Painting Quotes) Abstract painting seeks to be a pure pictorial language, and thus attempts to escape the essential impurity of all languages: the recourse to signs or forms that have meanings shared by everyone. (Painting Quotes) I’m quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or anything, have one primary concern - mankind. (Painting Quotes) When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting (Painting Quotes) For most Americans, poetry plays no role in their everyday lives. But also for most Americans, contemporary painting or jazz or sculpture play no role either. I’m not saying poetry is singled out as a special thing to ignore. (Painting Quotes) You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody’s eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody’s life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That’s why I love songwriting. (Painting Quotes) When I first started painting, I had an interesting nightmare about Cleveland - I dreamed the houses there were encased in this free-floating cage structure. I guess Cleveland was a confining place for me, even though my parents weren’t too conservative. (Painting Quotes) I spend my afternoons painting and working on my Open Hearts jewelry line for Kay Jewelers. I designed an image of a heart that isn’t completely closed. My mom always told me to live with an open heart - when life gets tough, you should go out and help someone else. (Painting Quotes) The conceptual artist Ai WeiWei illustrates the schizoid society that rapid change has produced - sometimes by reassembling Ming-style furniture into absurd and useless arrangements, or by carefully painting and antiquing a Coca-Cola logo on an ancient Chinese pot. (Painting Quotes) Painting transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can’t reach. (Painting Quotes) It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it. (Painting Quotes) Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues (Painting Quotes) Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider. (Painting Quotes) When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the world, not through architecture, but through painting. I lived the artist’s life, mingling with poets and writers, and working as a waiter. I was intrigued by the aliveness of the city. (Painting Quotes) Architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, may truly be called the efflorescence of civilised life. (Painting Quotes) I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention. (Painting Quotes) I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it’s worth I did it. (Painting Quotes) I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture. (Painting Quotes) My dad’s an artist, and my grandfather paints - he’s not a painter; my grandfather’s a butcher - but he does a lot of crafts, stained glass, painting, that stuff. There is art in our family, and I was an art major in college along with being a theater major. (Painting Quotes) I’m trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing. (Painting Quotes) I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture. (Painting Quotes) These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1,200, they look at me like I’m a flesh-eating virus. (Painting Quotes) I’ve enjoyed collecting. I’ve enjoyed art ever since - I’ll tell you when - I went to Columbia. I went to the Met, and I saw Poussin’s ‘Rape of the Sabine Women’, and it’s this incredible, epic, great, great painting. (Painting Quotes) I couldn’t live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, ‘cause I had been to art college. (Painting Quotes) When I was three or four, I was really good at drawing and painting, and everyone used to say, You’re going to go to art college. I didn’t really know what that meant. (Painting Quotes) Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. (Painting Quotes) This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer’s art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution. (Painting Quotes) I enjoyed art in school. I’ve always done little drawings and stuff like that. I don’t really know what I’m doing with the painting, but I experiment. (Painting Quotes) I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there’s something about music that people hold so close. It’s such a powerful art form, and that’s why I live for it. (Painting Quotes) I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater. (Painting Quotes)

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