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Patrick Swift was an Irish painter known for his unique style and technique in the 20th-century art world. His works often blended elements of abstraction and expressionism, known for their innovative use of color and form.

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Famous Patrick Swift Quotes

“I believe when you bring, say, a plant into a room, everything in that room changes in relation to it. This tension - tension is the only word for it - can be painted.”

Believe I Believe Rooms Relation Plant Tension

Book:PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983

Source: PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983

“The development that produces great art is a moral and not an aesthetic development.”

Art Moral Produce Development Art Is Aesthetic Great Art

Author:Patrick Swift

“All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity.”

Art Character Painting Activity Art Is Ultimate Nervous Erotic

Author:Patrick Swift

“For to be contemporary is not necessarily to be part of any movement, to be included in the official representations of national and international art. History shows that it may well be the opposite. It may be that it is the odd, the personal, the curious, the simply honest, that at this moment, when everyone looks to the extreme and flamboyant, constitutes the most interesting manifestation of the spirit of art.”

“Art, if it is successful in the task of questioning reality, if it is good painting and not merely a performance of dexterity, will be an affirmation of God.”

Ifs Art Reality Successful Painting Tasks Performances Questioning Affirmation Dexterity

Book:PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983

Source: PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983

“The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own taste without shame or fear. It is a sort of heroism.”

Development Morality Taste Shame Painter Celebrate Enjoyment Heroism Celebrate Life

Author:Patrick Swift

“Life is more important than art - quantity is only important in that the amount of activity is greater not the number of works.”

Art Important Life Is Numbers Greater Amount Activity Quantity

Book:PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983

Source: PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983

About the Author

Born: August 12, 1927
Died: July 19, 1983
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 7

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