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The sense of motion in painting and sculpture
has long been considered as one of the primary
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Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible
things before breakfast. |
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Don't be an art critic, but paint, there lies
salvation.
+ What is one to think of those fools who
tell one that the artist is always subordinate
to nature? Art is in harmony parallel with
nature.
+ A work of art which did not begin in emotion
is not art.
+ All my life I have worked to be able to
earn my living, but I thought that one could
do good painting without attracting attention
to one's private life. Certainly, an artist
wishes to raise himself intellectually as
much as possible, but the man must remain
obscure. The pleasure must be found in the
work. |
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Changes in societal structure and in art would
possess more credibility if they had their
origins in the soul and spirit. If people
read the words of the prophets with closer
attention, they would find the keys to life.
+ My hands were too soft.. I had to find some
special occupation, some kind of work that
would not force me to turn away from the sky
and the stars, that would allow me to discover
the meaning of life. |
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I never paint a portrait from a photograph,
because a photograph doesn't give enough information
about what the person feels. |
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I always thought that one of the reasons why
a painter likes especially to have other painters
look at his or her work is the shared experience
of having pushed paint around. |
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The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered
under the most diverse forms of reality. Once
it is found it belongs to art, or rather to
the artist who discovers it. |
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At some point we’ve got to stop asking
ourselves what is the meaning of everything,
maybe it’s not so very important what
it means. It’s probably more important
what the sense of it is.. they are two very
basic and different things. |
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I decided to be more brave about what was
coming out. I used to draw that stuff in secret
and throw it away. Flush it down the toilet.
I wanted to see what the readership could
take. |
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It is not enough to give signals. Things can
only ever last if they have functioned as
signs. |
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