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I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don’t have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty Picture Quote #1

I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza Picture Quote #1

That’s why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness Picture Quote #1

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions Picture Quote #1

I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don’t make enough money Picture Quote #1

Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the paintings, their emptiness Picture Quote #1

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And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything Picture Quote #1

People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence Picture Quote #1

All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at something dead Picture Quote #1

I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings Picture Quote #1

I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings Picture Quote #1

The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings Picture Quote #1

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I feel like there’s too many paintings left unpainted that I just don’t want to take the time away Picture Quote #1

Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don’t know what you’ll like, but you recognize it when you see it Picture Quote #1

Paintings are like a beer, only beer tastes good and it’s hard to stop drinking beer Picture Quote #1

I did some pastels and I did other pieces in which there was just basically one color per square, and then they would get bigger and I could get 2 or 3 colors into the square, and ultimately I just started making oil paintings Picture Quote #1

I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have Picture Quote #1

I’m not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that’s more what entertainment and music should be Picture Quote #1

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I’m sure we don’t read old paintings the way they were intended Picture Quote #1

Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman’s body and of female sexuality Picture Quote #1

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought Picture Quote #1

If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else’s, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall Picture Quote #1

If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I’m interested in doing Picture Quote #1

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem Picture Quote #1

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I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite Picture Quote #1

Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That’s the only way we can talk about paintings in this century Picture Quote #1

People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do Picture Quote #1

Red is one of the strongest colors, it’s blood, it has a power with the eye. That’s why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings Picture Quote #1

I don’t look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It’s much easier to get near their paintings Picture Quote #1

I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I’ve done many Picture Quote #1

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I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don’t have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty (Paintings Quotes) I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza (Paintings Quotes) That’s why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness (Paintings Quotes) The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions (Paintings Quotes) I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don’t make enough money (Paintings Quotes) Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the paintings, their emptiness (Paintings Quotes) And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything (Paintings Quotes) People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence (Paintings Quotes) All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at something dead (Paintings Quotes) I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings (Paintings Quotes) I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings (Paintings Quotes) The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings (Paintings Quotes) I feel like there’s too many paintings left unpainted that I just don’t want to take the time away (Paintings Quotes) Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don’t know what you’ll like, but you recognize it when you see it (Paintings Quotes) Paintings are like a beer, only beer tastes good and it’s hard to stop drinking beer (Paintings Quotes) I did some pastels and I did other pieces in which there was just basically one color per square, and then they would get bigger and I could get 2 or 3 colors into the square, and ultimately I just started making oil paintings (Paintings Quotes) I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have (Paintings Quotes) I’m not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that’s more what entertainment and music should be (Paintings Quotes) I’m sure we don’t read old paintings the way they were intended (Paintings Quotes) Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman’s body and of female sexuality (Paintings Quotes) They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought (Paintings Quotes) If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else’s, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall (Paintings Quotes) If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I’m interested in doing (Paintings Quotes) The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem (Paintings Quotes) I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite (Paintings Quotes) Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That’s the only way we can talk about paintings in this century (Paintings Quotes) People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do (Paintings Quotes) Red is one of the strongest colors, it’s blood, it has a power with the eye. That’s why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings (Paintings Quotes) I don’t look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It’s much easier to get near their paintings (Paintings Quotes) I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I’ve done many (Paintings Quotes)

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