“For Rembrandt, reality is role-playing.... Everyone is portrayed in relation to a social hierarchy.” RealitySocialRolesRelationHierarchyRole PlayingSocial Hierarchy Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“Rembrandt was way ahead of his time. It's as if he was painting an amateur theatrical, or a professional theatrical, in his studio. It's a kind of performance.” IfsWayKindPaintingPerformancesStudiosTheatrical Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“The artist is a strange being. I think it's safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that is partly a blessing and partly a curse. An artist enjoys and suffers from isolation. As solitude, isolation can nurture. It can also destroy.” ThinkingRealArtistSufferingEnjoyCreativityStrangeBlessingSolitudeSafeConsciousCurseIsolationNurtureBeing AloneSingularityReal Artists Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“Black and white can show how something is. Color adds how it is, imbued with temperatures and humidities of experience.” ShowsBlackWhiteColorAddBlack And WhiteTemperatureHumidity Author:Peter Schjeldahl
