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Visual Artist

Andrew Wyeth was an American visual artist renowned for his delicate painting techniques and profound depictions of rural American life. His works typically feature New England landscapes and figures, showcasing his unique emotional expression and realistic style.

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“To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me. If I have an emotion, before I die, that's deeper than any emotion that I've ever had, then I will paint a more powerful picture that will have nothing to do with just technique, but will go beyond it.”

Ifs Would Be Dies Powerful Emotion Paint Deeper Technique Superficial Before I Die Superficial Things

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“If somehow I can, before I leave this earth, combine my absolutely mad freedom and excitement with truth, then I will have done something.”

Ifs I Can Done Earth Mad Excitement

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“I wanted to get it all down, maybe out of my system. I wanted to be able to say, Everything's possible-if you believe and can get excited.”

Ifs Believe Able Wanted Excited If You Believe

Book:Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography

Source: Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography

“I think one's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. I see no reason for painting but that. If I have anything to offer, it is my emotional contact with the place where I live and the people I do.”

People Ifs Thinking Art Reason Emotional Painting Offers Contact No Reason

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“I love to study the many things that grow below the corn stalks and bring them back to the studio to study the color. If one could only catch that true color of nature - the very thought of it drives me mad.”

Ifs Love Grows Study Color Mad Studios Corn Corny Stalking True Colors

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“If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.”

Ifs Real Enough Strong Talent Training Strong Enough

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“If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.”

Ifs Firsts Joy Felt Emotion Window Clean Flying Subtle

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About the Author

Born: July 12, 1917
Died: January 16, 2009
Known for: Visual Artist
Quotes: 51

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