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Wayne Thiebaud Quotes

Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that Picture Quote #1

Painting is more important than art Picture Quote #1

As far as I’m concerned, there is only one study and that is the way in which things relate to one another Picture Quote #1

Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it’s mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There’s the art of plumbing; there’s the art of almost anything that you can say Picture Quote #1

Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances Picture Quote #1

If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it Picture Quote #1

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Morandi suggests we are all single in this world, hoping for independent repose. But our best opportunity for a community of excellence depends upon a collection of enlightened individuals Picture Quote #1

An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities Picture Quote #1

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom Picture Quote #1

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen Picture Quote #1

We all need critical confrontation of the fullest and most extreme kind that we can get. You can unnecessarily limit yourself by choosing your criticism Picture Quote #1

Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest Picture Quote #1

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I haven’t the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove Picture Quote #1

The figures... are not supposed to reveal anything... It’s like seeing a stranger in some place like an air terminal for the first time. You look at him, you notice his shoes, his suit, the pin in his lapel, but you don’t have any particular feeling about him Picture Quote #1

I’m a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes Picture Quote #1

I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that’s the whole joy. If you could just do it, there’d be no point in doing it Picture Quote #1

If we don’t have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective Picture Quote #1

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Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) Painting is more important than art (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) As far as I’m concerned, there is only one study and that is the way in which things relate to one another (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it’s mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There’s the art of plumbing; there’s the art of almost anything that you can say (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) Morandi suggests we are all single in this world, hoping for independent repose. But our best opportunity for a community of excellence depends upon a collection of enlightened individuals (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) We all need critical confrontation of the fullest and most extreme kind that we can get. You can unnecessarily limit yourself by choosing your criticism (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) I haven’t the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) The figures... are not supposed to reveal anything... It’s like seeing a stranger in some place like an air terminal for the first time. You look at him, you notice his shoes, his suit, the pin in his lapel, but you don’t have any particular feeling about him (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) I’m a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that’s the whole joy. If you could just do it, there’d be no point in doing it (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes) If we don’t have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective (Wayne Thiebaud Quotes)