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“I don't want to see any art-writing gobbledygook or overblown words in an essay about me. If a smaller, simpler word will do - use it.”

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Doris McCarthy

Doris McCarthy, a renowned Canadian artist, was born on July 7, 1910, and passed away on November 25, 2010. Her works are known for their unique style and profound understanding of nature. more

“One night in the early sixties I passed something on the Long Island Expressway just before the Queens tunnel that I must have seen for years. The billboard advertising cigars, Dutch Masters. I realized it was sort of perfect. It's weird isn't it? You're looking at Rembrandt - in neon! It was too much, it was irresistible.”

Years Long Night Perfect Too Much Masters I Realized Advertising Queens Islands Sixty One Night Irresistible Tunnels Cigar Dutch Billboards Neon Long Island

Book:Drawings and digressions

Source: Drawings and digressions

“Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability.”

Artist Results Aspect Code Inability Competence Literal Departure True Artists Exactness

Author:Edgar Alwin Payne

“Art comes into being in that abstract interval between a thought and reality, and no one - not even the artist who created it - can remeasure the influences that caused it.”

Art Reality Artist Influence Abstract Intervals

Author:Edgar Alwin Payne

“The study of art is a lifetime matter. The best any artist can do is to accumulate all the knowledge possible of art and its principles, study nature often and then practice continually.”

Art Matter Artist Can Do Principles Knowledge Practice Study Art Is Lifetime

Author:Edgar Alwin Payne

“To be original one needs to learn the ideas of other painters in order to be different from them.”

Needs Ideas Different Order Originals Painter Originality

Author:Edgar Alwin Payne

“The pleasure derived from viewing the achievements of others, coupled with a true appreciation of nature, sharpens the desire to express pictorially.”

Desire Pleasure Achievement Appreciation

Author:Edgar Alwin Payne

“Learning the art of painting is not an easy task. It takes a great deal of intelligence, keen analysis, study and practice.”

Art Easy Deals Practice Study Painting Tasks Intelligence Analysis Practice Makes Perfect Easy Tasks

Author:Edgar Alwin Payne

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