“By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.” Quote by Mike Svob
“The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results.” LongSoulProcessDifficultResultsDiscoveryExploration Author:Mike Svob
“The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest realities. Only the most determined, hardest working, capable and creative will make their way to earning a good living by their art.” WayArtImportantRealityCreativeVirtueCapableDeterminedWideHardestArtisticEndeavorEarningCreative ArtGood Living Author:Mike Svob
“A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.” DoeHappensOrderPaintingElementsMessagesImportanceAccidents Author:Mike Svob
“The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.” PersonsIdeasCareSceneNo IdeaInterpretation Author:Mike Svob
“Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language.” LanguageParticularPaintingSymbolsViewers Author:Mike Svob
“Think of the centre of interest in a painting as you would read it in a novel or see it in a movie. The crisis or climax is that point when you simply can't put the book down or wouldn't dare leave the movie, for whatever reason.” ThinkingBookReasonInterestNovelPaintingCrisisDareCentreClimax Author:Mike Svob
“Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.” TimeSpaceConsciousnessPsychologyAwarenessFieldsConsciousPropertyManifestTranscendencePsychiatristLinearTranscendingCausalitySpace Time Author:Stanislav Grof
“Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside.” LooksDifferentReasonSimplePaintVansMonetRenoir Author:Mike Svob
“Realistically there is no limit to the possibilities. How does an artist make decisions?” DoeArtistDecisionPossibilityLimits Author:Mike Svob
“The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.” WayUnderstandingCriticalComposition Author:Mike Svob