“Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can both repose and energy be seen in a painting's line and color, plane and volume, surface and depth, detail and composition? - and is the true effect of a good painting on the spectator one that makes at once for repose and energy, calmness and intensity, serenity and stir?” MindTogetherArtistEnergyLinesEffectsColorPaintingDepthDetailsSurfaceArisePlanesIntensitySerenityVolumeCompositionSpectatorsCalmnessReposeBeing Together Author:Eli Siegel
“The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.” ArtistVisionCreationTestsIntensitySoleImaginativeVividness Book:The Principles of Success in Literature Source: The Principles of Success in Literature
“It is the special privilege of the fine artist to reveal immediate data with a clarity, intensity and purity that promotes them to a special degree of reality.” RealityArtistSpecialFineDegreesPrivilegeClarityDataPurityIntensityRealismFine ArtsFine Artists Author:Alton Tobey
“Many excellent artists working today unfortunately lack the indispensable gifts necessary for demagoguery and self-promotion, while the bad ones are full of passionate intensity.” SelfTodayArtistPassionateRecognitionExcellentIntensityIndispensablePromotionDemagoguerySelf Promotion Author:Roman Genn