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This book delves into the philosophical and psychological aspects of art, offering insights into the creative process and the role of the artist in society.
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“Art is an outsider, a gypsy over the face of the earth.”
“Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.”
“A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map.”
“The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express.”
“Self-education only produces expressions of self.”
“A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.”
“Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.”
“Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well.”
“If you work from memory, you are most likely to put in your real feeling.”
“The model is not to be copied, but to be realized.”
“Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first?”
“Things should all be moving toward the expression of a great idea.”
“A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain.”
“If you do not act on a suggestion at first, you grow dull to its message.”
“Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature.”
“The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial.”
“Look for echoes. Sometimes the same shape or direction will echo through the picture.”
“If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one.”
“Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging.”
“All is as beautiful as we think it.”
“Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.”
“Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.”
“A weak background is a deadly thing.”
“To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science.”
“Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.”