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“Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.”

People Mean Art Real Matter Artist Term Taught Essentials Photography Really Mean Meaning Of Art

Book:Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes

Source: Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes

“I don't know what motivated the artist, which means that the paintings have an intrinsic quality. I think Goethe called it the 'essential dimension,' the thing that makes great works of art great.”

Thinking Knows Mean Art Artist Quality Greatness Painting Essentials Dimensions Works Of Art Motivated Great Work

Book:Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007

Source: Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007

“Artists have no choice but to express their lives. They have only, and that not always, a choice of process. This process does not change the essential content of their work in art, which can only be their life.”

Doe Art Artist Choices Process Essentials Life Choices

Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

“Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.”

Two Artist Quality Perspective Essentials

Author:Denis Diderot

“Art is craft: all art is always and essentially a work of craft: but in the true work of art, before the craft and after it, is some essential durable core of being, which is what the craft works on, and shows, and sets free. The statue in the stone. How does the artist find that, see it, before it's visible? That is a real question.”

Doe Art Real Shows Artist Essentials Art Is Stones Core Crafts Visible Works Of Art Statues Real Questions

Book:The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

Source: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

“The ordinary man puts up a struggle against all that is not himself, whereas it is against himself, in a limited but all-essential field, that the artist has to battle.”

Men Artist Struggle Fields Battle Essentials Ordinary Ordinary Man

Author:Andre Malraux

“Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind. The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting.”

Giving Mind Persons Art Done Facts Artist Emotion Talent Painting Essentials Essence Difficulty Pressure Profession Painter Characteristics Peace Of Mind Disappointed Under Pressure

Author:Titian

“I don't think it's necessary for artists to have any formal training in painting or art history, but I do think it's essential to continually experiment with different subject matter, types of paint and methods of painting.”

Thinking Art Different Matter Artist Subjects Painting Type Essentials Training Method Paint Experiments Formal Subject Matter Art History Different Subjects

Author:Ron Parker

“An essential portion of any artist's labor is not creation so much as invocation”

Artist Creation Essentials Labor Portions Supplication Invocation

Book:The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

Source: The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World