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Quote by Jean-Paul Riopelle

“When I hesitate, I do not paint. When I paint, I do not hesitate.”

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Jean-Paul Riopelle, a Canadian painter, is renowned for his unique abstract style and bold use of color. His works hold a significant place in the 20th-century art world and have had a profound impact on artists of subsequent generations. more

“I transmit astral plane harmonies through my brushes into the physical plane. These otherworld colours are reflected in the alphabet of nature, a grammar in which the symbols are plants, animals, birds, fishes, earth and sky. I am merely a channel for the spirit to utilize, and it is needed by a spirit starved society.”

Earth Spirit Animal Sky Needed Bird Harmony Plant Fishes Symbols Planes Colour Brushes Grammar Alphabet Transmit Earth And Sky

Author:Norval Morrisseau

“My art speaks and will continue to speak, transcending barriers of nationality, language and other forces that may be divisive, fortifying the greatness of the spirit that has always been the foundation of the Ojibwa people.”

People May Art Spirit Speak Language Force Greatness Foundation Barriers Native American Continuing Nationality Aboriginal Transcending Language Barriers

Book:Norval Morrisseau: Return to the House of Invention

Source: Norval Morrisseau: Return to the House of Invention

“The Ojibways have great respect for the Bear. According to their legends, in the distant past the Bear had a human form and was in fact an ancestor of the Ojibways. Therefore he understands the Indian language and will never attack or fight any Indian if he is addressed properly.”

Ifs Humans Facts Past Form Fighting Language Bears Indian Legends Ancestor Great Respect Human Form

Author:Norval Morrisseau

“Among the Indians, as among other nations, some people are born artists, but most are not. I am a born artist. I have as much interest in my people as any anthropologist, and I have studied our culture and lore. My aim is to reassemble the pieces of a once proud culture, and to show the dignity and bravery of my people.”

People Shows Artist Culture Nations Interest Born Pieces Proud Dignity Bravery Aim Anthropologists

Author:Norval Morrisseau

“There is a special aura about artists who take their visions to the highest pinnacles of success ... I get very excited about the magnitude of the aura I see, when Alan performs.”

Artist Vision Special Highest Excited Magnitude Auras Pinnacle

Author:Bill Aucoin

“Jim Greenfield’s The Taxman Cometh will undoubtedly put a smile on the face of even the most dedicated big government freeloader. In the ‘Everyone Deserves a Trophy’ society we live in, it’s refreshing to know that Jim’s literary voice will cut through the politics, using the American spirit of a used car dealer.”

Knows Bigs Government Faces Used Spirit Voice Cutting Car Deserve Dedicated Dealer Trophies Refreshing Big Government American Spirit Used Car Car Dealer

Author:Lars Larson

“I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.”

World Film Found Schedules Flew

Author:Francis Ford Coppola

“Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don't see a different purpose for it now.”

Art Different Purpose Metaphor Painter Climbs Sanity Sculptors

Author:Dorothea Tanning

“It's hard to be always the same person.”

Persons Hard

Book:A Table of Content: Poems

Source: A Table of Content: Poems

“I paint pictures which do not exist and which I would like to see.”

Paint

Author:Leonor Fini

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