“The creative instinct has always been a stronger motive than mere profit to do truly new and revolutionary things.” Quote by Phil Karn
“No matter what you do, you're always hearing something.” MatterListeningNo Matter WhatHearing Author:George Brecht
“There is perhaps nothing that is not musical. Perhaps there's no moment in life that's not musical... All instruments, musical or not, become instruments.” MomentsMusicInstrumentsMusical Author:George Brecht
“Perhaps it's art; but if it isn't, at least it's something else equally interesting to me!” IfsArtInterestInteresting Author:George Rickey
“One must have a thorough knowledge of anatomy and a good perception of depth for silhouette work. Otherwise they resemble those childish picture cards, snipped out by some fool who doesn't know what he is trying to do.” KnowsTryingKnowledgeFoolPerceptionDepthCardsThoroughAnatomySilhouettesThorough Knowledge Author:Ugo Mochi
“I use a special tool. I make it myself; very sharp steel point and a handle like a pencil. For me it is a pencil. Maybe I have a special talent, a feeling you might say that lets me control it, to express my ideas as though I were sketching black on white.” IdeasUseFeelingsMightBlackWhiteSpecialTalentMaterialsToolsLet MeHandleSteelPencilsSketchingSpecial Talents Author:Ugo Mochi
“For years I study. I look long at olive trees, all gray and silver, and watch the sunlight. Ah, yes, I am ver' lazy, but I see after I look long that it is perspective that give it this quality. Perspective, and absolute faith to the subject.” GivingYearsLooksLongQualityWatchesStudyTreeSubjectsPerspectiveAbsolutesLazySilverGraySunlightOlivesOlive Trees Author:Ugo Mochi
“You cannot do silhouettes in fantasy. Ah, no, you must be faithful. It is, the art, a, what you call, paradox. It is always that you must be simple, and then, if you are simple, you will stimulate the imagination of the observer.” IfsArtImaginationSimpleFantasySimplicityFaithfulParadoxObserversBeing FaithfulSilhouettes Author:Ugo Mochi
“It is most difficult to acquire the, how shall I say? the 'depth' of a subject in composition in silhouette.” DifficultSubjectsDepthAcquireCompositionSilhouettes Author:Ugo Mochi
“I can't tell a story in the white man's language, so I say what I want to say with my paintings.” MenWantI CanStoriesLanguageWhitePaintingWhite Man Author:Allen Sapp
