“I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it.” IfsThinkingSometimesWholeJoyNo PointJust Do ItBeginnersInexperience Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“When you think of painting as painting it is rather absurd. The real world is before us - glorious sunlight and activity and fresh air, and high speed motor cars and television, all the animation - a world apart from a little square of canvas that you smear paint on.” ThinkingWorldLittlesRealAirCarTelevisionPaintingActivityPaintSpeedAbsurdGloriousReal WorldSquaresSunlightCanvasAnimationMotorFresh AirHigh SpeedWorlds ApartMotor Cars Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“My subject matter was a genuine sort of experience that came out of my life, particularly the American world in which I was privileged to be . . . . I would really think of the bakery counters, of the way the counter was lit, where the pies were placed, but I wanted just a piece of the experience. From when I worked in restaurants . . . [it was] always poetic to me.” ThinkingWorldWayMatterWantedPiecesSubjectsGenuineRestaurantsPoeticPiePrivilegedLitSubject MatterBakeries Author:Wayne Thiebaud
