“I started studying as an artist, but I got fed up with the fact that you can paint terrible pictures and if you explain them in an erudite way it's called great art. I thought this was rubbish.” IfsWayArtFactsArtistStudyTerriblePaintFedsGreat ArtRubbishFed UpErudite Author:Brian Froud
“Art always used to involve spirit. Painters painted spirit. They painted by commission things to go into churches, and that was painting spirit. Or they would paint people of wealth, and they would try to show how they had power, and again, this is sort of spirit.” PeopleTryingArtShowsUsedSpiritChurchWealthPaintingPaintPainter Author:Brian Froud
“I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country, and immediately I started to paint fairies and trolls.” CountryWantedJobsMovedPaintFairyTrollIllustrators Author:Brian Froud
“It was ironic that there I was finally painting the pictures I'd always wanted to paint and feeling very much at home in the countryside, and I ended up working in New York City, which is definitely the archetypal city.” FeelingsHomeWantedCitiesNew YorkPaintingPaintNew York CityIronicCountryside Author:Brian Froud
