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Painting Quotes

Relevance, for me, is about being creative and doing things that you believe in, whether that’s music or acting or painting a picture, or whatever that is Picture Quote #1

Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it’s about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me Picture Quote #1

With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in touch with that grain rather than simply feel its flow. And he really can’t cut right across it anyway Picture Quote #1

[Cultural relativism] licenses the envy of the untalented, giving rise to what has been called the revenge of failure: Those who cannot paint destroy the canons of painting; those who cannot write reject canonical literature Picture Quote #1

People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I’m able to move in a way that’s part gestural dance performance, and it’s fun for me, so I incorporate that into the painting Picture Quote #1

Rational intelligence is dangerous and leads to ratiocination. The painter is a medium who doesn’t realize what he is doing. No translation can express the mystery of sensibility, a word, still unreliable, which is nevertheless the basis of painting or poetry, like a kind of alchemy Picture Quote #1

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Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah’s Ark Picture Quote #1

If I’m painting, I paint every day. I’ll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night Picture Quote #1

Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words Picture Quote #1

In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it Picture Quote #1

The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi’s mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it Picture Quote #1

I’ve spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I’m more comfortable with it Picture Quote #1

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I came down successfully through Picasso and Braque, down through Pollock, I guess, but I began to stop at Franz Kline and the Abstractionists. I like their design, brilliant design, marvelous color layers. But I don’t find any human content there. I’m from an old school, and painting has to have human content for me Picture Quote #1

For years, I went around the world looking and then painting, but now I have to think first and then paint. It’s driven me to find the design concept first, and to rely on my memory and technical skills to supply only those details that are needed Picture Quote #1

Leon Theremin’s original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. It’s like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level Picture Quote #1

I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past for them Picture Quote #1

At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it’s a way to disguise myself Picture Quote #1

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I believe in painting and I believe in eating too. What can we do? We have to eat, we have to paint, we have to live. Of course, there are different ways to survive. But it’s my best option Picture Quote #1

Painting is an extension of man’s means of communication. As such, it’s pure, difficult, and wonderful Picture Quote #1

The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself quite fiercely if I want to do some painting that’s worthwhile. Otherwise, you’re just doodling. It’s much easier when you’re just told what you have to do Picture Quote #1

Unlike painting, sculpture, or music, typefaces must be useful to someone. Fortunately for designers, the digital age has produced new problems to solve - developing typefaces that work on mobile phones, for one - and enabled better solutions to old problems Picture Quote #1

There are plenty of millionaires who would pay millions to hang a Van Gogh painting on the wall, but hardly one that would have ever had the crazy nut over for dinner. I feel like the big companies are like that with musicians. They’ll say, ‘We love music! It’s all about the music!’ - but if a musician shows up at the door, they call security Picture Quote #1

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery Picture Quote #1

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A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. It cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another Picture Quote #1

Something in me knows where I’m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is Picture Quote #1

We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we’re the animal that is best of all the animals at long-distance running. Why? It is quite amazing. Superfluous gifts you don’t really need to survive Picture Quote #1

I’ve always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I’ve done. Mainly because I don’t do it well. But it’s like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind Picture Quote #1

When you have made a good painting, don’t do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and feeling Picture Quote #1

When I get my hands on painting materials I don’t give a damn about other people’s painting... every generation must start again afresh Picture Quote #1

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Relevance, for me, is about being creative and doing things that you believe in, whether that’s music or acting or painting a picture, or whatever that is. (Painting Quotes) Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it’s about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me. (Painting Quotes) With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in touch with that grain rather than simply feel its flow. And he really can’t cut right across it anyway. (Painting Quotes) [Cultural relativism] licenses the envy of the untalented, giving rise to what has been called the revenge of failure: Those who cannot paint destroy the canons of painting; those who cannot write reject canonical literature. (Painting Quotes) People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I’m able to move in a way that’s part gestural dance performance, and it’s fun for me, so I incorporate that into the painting. (Painting Quotes) Rational intelligence is dangerous and leads to ratiocination. The painter is a medium who doesn’t realize what he is doing. No translation can express the mystery of sensibility, a word, still unreliable, which is nevertheless the basis of painting or poetry, like a kind of alchemy. (Painting Quotes) Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah’s Ark. (Painting Quotes) If I’m painting, I paint every day. I’ll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night. (Painting Quotes) Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words. (Painting Quotes) In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it (Painting Quotes) The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi’s mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it. (Painting Quotes) I’ve spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I’m more comfortable with it. (Painting Quotes) I came down successfully through Picasso and Braque, down through Pollock, I guess, but I began to stop at Franz Kline and the Abstractionists. I like their design, brilliant design, marvelous color layers. But I don’t find any human content there. I’m from an old school, and painting has to have human content for me. (Painting Quotes) For years, I went around the world looking and then painting, but now I have to think first and then paint. It’s driven me to find the design concept first, and to rely on my memory and technical skills to supply only those details that are needed. (Painting Quotes) Leon Theremin’s original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. It’s like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level. (Painting Quotes) I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past for them. (Painting Quotes) At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions. (Painting Quotes) I don’t believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it’s a way to disguise myself. (Painting Quotes) I believe in painting and I believe in eating too. What can we do? We have to eat, we have to paint, we have to live. Of course, there are different ways to survive. But it’s my best option. (Painting Quotes) Painting is an extension of man’s means of communication. As such, it’s pure, difficult, and wonderful. (Painting Quotes) The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself quite fiercely if I want to do some painting that’s worthwhile. Otherwise, you’re just doodling. It’s much easier when you’re just told what you have to do. (Painting Quotes) Unlike painting, sculpture, or music, typefaces must be useful to someone. Fortunately for designers, the digital age has produced new problems to solve - developing typefaces that work on mobile phones, for one - and enabled better solutions to old problems. (Painting Quotes) There are plenty of millionaires who would pay millions to hang a Van Gogh painting on the wall, but hardly one that would have ever had the crazy nut over for dinner. I feel like the big companies are like that with musicians. They’ll say, ‘We love music! It’s all about the music!’ - but if a musician shows up at the door, they call security. (Painting Quotes) A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. (Painting Quotes) A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. It cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another. (Painting Quotes) Something in me knows where I’m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. (Painting Quotes) We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we’re the animal that is best of all the animals at long-distance running. Why? It is quite amazing. Superfluous gifts you don’t really need to survive. (Painting Quotes) I’ve always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I’ve done. Mainly because I don’t do it well. But it’s like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind. (Painting Quotes) When you have made a good painting, don’t do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and feeling. (Painting Quotes) When I get my hands on painting materials I don’t give a damn about other people’s painting... every generation must start again afresh. (Painting Quotes)

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