“The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And vines are running fire along the ground.” WayYearsRunningSpiritFireFlamesAutumnCarelessTorchesVinesSprayMaple Author:Edith M. Thomas
“A mother's example sketches the outline of her child's character.” ChildrenCharacterMotherExampleOutlines Author:Tim Howard
“Whoever thought the immediate alternates with the immediate action is not an abstract painter.” ActionPainterAbstractImmediate Action Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“Only during the action is the idea of matter influenced.” IdeasMatterAction Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“Being an artist and being a teacher are two conflicting things. When I paint, my work manifests the unexpected... In teaching it's just the opposite. I must account for every line, shape and colour and I am forced to give an explanation of the inexplicable and account for the variety of styles the students present.” GivingTwoArtistLinesTeacherTeachingStyleStudentsShapesOppositesAccountsPaintVarietyExplanationColourUnexpectedBeing An ArtistInexplicableBeing A Teacher Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“Those who largely rely on their hands and the beautiful or shocking traces of the imagination that they leave on the canvas ...CONCRETE... one builds a picture.” HandsBeautifulImaginationRelyConstructionConcreteCanvasShocking Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“When a painter thinks to disengage from the world outside himself and fantasies unprecedented forms he thinks he will make a painting, he finds in this expression the same effect - I would even say the same picture - that he had unconsciously acquired by his habit to experience reality intensely.” ThinkingWorldRealityFormFantasyEffectsPaintingExpressionHabitPainterUnprecedented Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“Too many modern painters set themselves satisfied with just a coincidence, the spot in its raw, meaningless form.” FormModernSatisfiedPainterSpotsMeaninglessCoincidenceModernism Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“People think you can get out your canvas and paint any time you have a free moment. You can't. Commercial art and painting are entirely different. Painting takes a different mental approach. You have to get the right attitude, the right mood.” PeopleThinkingArtDifferentMomentsAttitudePaintingApproachPaintMoodCanvasCommercial Art Author:Pierre Alechinsky