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Patrick Swift Quotes

To paint even a bottle is dramatic. A leaf will do Picture Quote #1

But of course these pictures are not shocking; good painting never is Picture Quote #1

You may know a good painter by his habit of work: a good painter works constantly Picture Quote #1

The development that produces great art is a moral and not an aesthetic development Picture Quote #1

No real painter ever wants be known through any other medium than his painting Picture Quote #1

Good painting is not produced by any unintelligent following of inspiration or temperament Picture Quote #1

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Its life depends on the degree to which it is inhabited by mystery, speaks to us of the unknown Picture Quote #1

All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity Picture Quote #1

The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own taste without shame or fear. It is a sort of heroism Picture Quote #1

New knowledge is only useful in so far as it opens up new vistas for the imagination, and no more so than the old forms which the artist must understand only in order to reject Picture Quote #1

Technical criticism in particular is the despair of the artist... Any picture which makes one conscious first of its technical qualities, good or bad, is not a good picture, whatever else it may be Picture Quote #1

Painting is created from within and we must begin from within if we are to understand it Picture Quote #1

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A situation has occurred wherein a premium is put on any work qualifying for the term progressive Picture Quote #1

Its purpose is moral, that is, the evaluation of experience; in the deepest sense, the development of taste Picture Quote #1

To know what it is to look at things, life as a prayer, a mass, a celebration Picture Quote #1

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To paint even a bottle is dramatic. A leaf will do (Patrick Swift Quotes) But of course these pictures are not shocking; good painting never is (Patrick Swift Quotes) You may know a good painter by his habit of work: a good painter works constantly (Patrick Swift Quotes) The development that produces great art is a moral and not an aesthetic development (Patrick Swift Quotes) No real painter ever wants be known through any other medium than his painting (Patrick Swift Quotes) Good painting is not produced by any unintelligent following of inspiration or temperament (Patrick Swift Quotes) Its life depends on the degree to which it is inhabited by mystery, speaks to us of the unknown (Patrick Swift Quotes) All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity (Patrick Swift Quotes) The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own taste without shame or fear. It is a sort of heroism (Patrick Swift Quotes) New knowledge is only useful in so far as it opens up new vistas for the imagination, and no more so than the old forms which the artist must understand only in order to reject (Patrick Swift Quotes) Technical criticism in particular is the despair of the artist... Any picture which makes one conscious first of its technical qualities, good or bad, is not a good picture, whatever else it may be (Patrick Swift Quotes) Painting is created from within and we must begin from within if we are to understand it (Patrick Swift Quotes) A situation has occurred wherein a premium is put on any work qualifying for the term progressive (Patrick Swift Quotes) Its purpose is moral, that is, the evaluation of experience; in the deepest sense, the development of taste (Patrick Swift Quotes) To know what it is to look at things, life as a prayer, a mass, a celebration (Patrick Swift Quotes)