“The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter.” SaidMatterFacesCertainMemoriesPaintingMaterialsFaultsPaintSpeedResistanceInterpretationCaptureGesturesBrushesMindlessInsistence Book:What Painting Is Source: What Painting Is
“Painters love paint itself: so much that they spend years trying to get paint to behave the way they want it to.” WayWantTryingYearsMaterialsPaintPainterBehave Book:What Painting Is Source: What Painting Is
“Water and stones. Those are the unpromising ingredients of two very different endeavors... painting, because artists' pigments are made from fluids... mixed together with powdered stones to give color... and the other is alchemy, the stone the ultimate goal.” GivingMadeTwoDifferentTogetherArtistGoalWaterColorPaintingMaterialsStonesUltimateIngredientsEndeavorFluidAlchemyUltimate GoalPigment Author:James Elkins