“The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but it also comes from the mind and the heart of the artist. The photograph is his vision of the world and expresses, however subtly, his values and convictions.” WorldMindHeartArtistValuesDecisionVisionFlowPhotographConvictionControlledClicksShutters Author:Paul Strand
“Remember...we don't see objects, we see light. [...] Light can do anything water can do--flow, wash, trickle. It can do anything an artist can do--paint, burnish, carve. Candlelight falls, licks a face. There is always light in a room.” LightRememberFacesArtistFallWaterCan DoRoomsObjectsFlowPaintCandlelight Author:Janet Fitch
“While I recommend studying the art from artists, Nature is and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible, and from which all excellences must originally flow.” ArtArtistStudyFlowExcellenceFountain Book:Discourses on the Fine Arts Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy Source: Discourses on the Fine Arts Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy
“I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.” WorldRunningEarthArtistEnergyTaughtRedFlowRoundsFranceCaliforniaBritainJapanAustraliaVeinsEnergy And Life Book:Midsummer Snowballs Source: Midsummer Snowballs
“There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to it's early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization...” ArtistAttitudeCivilizationFlowThreadPresent Time Author:Arthur Erickson
“I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this.” ThinkingArtArtistDifficultCreativityPoetFlowUniversal Author:Alex Grey