“I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist is but the result of his own inspiration and his own study of past tradition.” ArtInspirationPastArtistIndividualResultsEducationStudyTalentTaughtArt IsTraditionDeny Author:Gustave Courbet
“You cannot deny your origins: I love Kirchner more than Matisse, although Matisse was a greater artist. That isn't to do with nationality. It's a stronger feeling.” FeelingsArtistGreaterStrongerDenyPatriotismNationalityMatisse Author:Georg Baselitz
“Most artists, or at least most of the ones I know, deny having a philosophical outlook that they try to translate into their works. Some had thought of the work of Cezanne and others as being a 'painted epistemology.' But Cezanne himself denied this and Daniel-Henri Kahnwiler, the art critic and art dealer, insisted that none of the many painters he had known had a philosophical culture.” KnowsTryingArtPhilosophyArtistCultureKnownPhilosophicalCriticsDenyPainterDeniedTranslateOutlookDealerEpistemologyCezanneArt Critic Author:Semir Zeki
“The artist's business is to take sorrow when it comes. The depth and capacity of his reception is the measure of his art; and when he turns his back on his own suffering, he denies the very laws of his being and closes the door on everything that can ever make him great.” ArtLawArtistSufferingTurnsDoorsSorrowCapacityDepthDenyGreat ArtGreat ArtistReception Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections