“In so far as he is a creator, the artist does not belong to a social group already moulded by a culture, but to a culture which he is by way of building up.” WayDoeArtistCultureSocialGroupsBuildingCreatorBuilding UpSocial Groups Author:Andre Malraux
“Perhaps the importance that we must attach to the achievement of an artist or a group of artists may properly be measured by the answer to the following question: Have they so wrought that it will be impossible henceforth, for those who follow, ever again to act as if they had not existed?” IfsMayArtistAnswersImpossibleGroupsAchievementImportanceFollowing Book:Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art Source: Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art
“Sometimes you're a psychiatrist and sometimes you're a group therapist. The dynamics in between people and the misgivings sometimes that artists have when they get into the studio because they're under a different level of scrutiny. A lot of them can be insecure about it. My job is not simply to make musical determinations but sometimes to just keep people from flipping out during the process.” PeopleDifferentSometimesJobsArtistProcessLevelsGroupsDeterminationMusicalStudiosInsecurePsychiatristTherapistsScrutinyDynamicsDifferent LevelsMisgivingsFlipping Out Author:Todd Rundgren
“Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and yet ended up with an audience of avid admirers.” SelfArtistForgetAudienceGroupsFeetTaughtRecognitionClassroomOutsidersAdmirerAvidSelf Taught Author:Scott Kahn
“I am biased towards the belief that every painter must be grounded in strong and faultless drawing skills, and until one has not experimented with all styles of painting and has not comprehended their potentialities one's work is not complete. Even an abstract painter must know how to draw as well as a figurative artist. As for me, drawing has never created any problem, since I know how to draw anatomy correctly if I had to, I understand the function of muscle groups and sculpture.” IfsKnowsWellsProblemArtistBeliefStrongKnow HowGroupsStylePaintingSkillsDrawsFunctionDrawingPainterAbstractMusclesGroundedSculptureAnatomyBiased Author:Guity Novin
“The 'Cercle et Carré' group owes its existence to my encounter with the Uruguayan painter Torrès-Gracia in 1929... However difficult our relationship, his obstinacy matching my patience, this unholy team of fire and water was bound to produce something. Towards the end of the year, after consulting sundry artists, including Arp, Mondrian, and Van Doesburg, we drew up the program for a new group and launched a magazine which was be called 'Cercle et Carré'.” YearsEndsArtistDifficultWaterExistenceFireGroupsTeamProduceProgramBoundsIncludingPainterMagazinesEncountersOur RelationshipVansConsultingMatchingObstinacy Author:Michel Seuphor