Quotessence
Home / Authors / Michael Chow

Michael Chow Quotes

Actor

Filter quotes by topic

AllPaintingArtArtistChineseImportantArt IsBeautifulBirthBlurChance

Famous Michael Chow Quotes

“I would have conversations with European artists. Meaning, people look at my painting and one person would say, "Oh, your painting is just like so-and-so!" Another person would say, "It's just like so-and-so." But at the end, it's a chain of relay like a marathon. There are so many so-and-so's that eventually it becomes mine. My dialogue was completely European, with the '40s, '50s, '60s artists, but on the exterior side I do big painting. It's post-Pollock. It's current. It's a meeting of the time. The Chinese side just comes out.”

PeopleArtistPaintingMeetingsDialogueChineseMarathon
Author:Michael Chow
Create image

“The true essence of Chinese culture is sophistication, refinement, the spirit of poetry. The spirit of ink painting and calligraphy lives on forever. Calligraphy is more important than painting. Chinese always consider nature. Man is a very small part of nature. That's why in Chinese painting you see huge mountains and man very small, very humble before nature. You must be harmonious and one with nature. You don't fight it. And then there's a bit of a poetry. Of course, it's very complicated, but also very simple.”

MenImportantSpiritCultureFightingSimpleForeverPaintingMountainHumbleComplicatedChineseSophistication
Author:Michael Chow
Create image