“There are selections so acute that they come to define a place, with the result that we can no longer travel through that landscape without being reminded of what a great artist noticed there.” ArtistResultsGreatnessLandscapeSelectionGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Alain de Botton
“The artist reserves the right to remove a blot on the landscape, to change positions of things, to suit his composition, providing only that he does not transgress the laws of probability.” DoeLawArtistPositionSuitsLandscapeRemoveProvidingReservesCompositionProbability Author:Walter J. Phillips
“Is the artist impelled by spiritual forces, by the divine afflatus, by conscious or unconscious emulation of others? Do angles whisper in the ears of the chosen few, and create for them visions of aethereal beauty? Do landscape painters of genius walk the plains of Heaven? Or is it only vanity that urges him to paint?” SpiritualArtistForceHeavenWalksVisionDivineGeniusConsciousEarsPaintChosenPainterVanityLandscapeUnconsciousUrgesAngleReal BeautyEmulation Author:Walter J. Phillips
“I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important.” ImportantArtistFeltTeacherSellsSellingLandscape Author:E. J. Hughes
“Many contemporary painters feel that their landscapes come from within and are brought to the surface and given form as a result of various stimuli. The artist's internal world is waiting to be evoked by whatever means the artist finds most productive, and... this world is just as important as the outer, visible world.” WorldFeelsMeanImportantFormArtistGivenWaitingResultsThis WorldPaintingVariousSurfaceContemporaryPainterLandscapeVisibleProductiveInternalsStimulus Author:Edward Betts
“A landscape clean and crisp in form and colour, rich in inspiration is all that an artist could wish for, begging to be used, and full of inherent possibilities.” InspirationFormUsedArtistWishRichPossibilityCleanLandscapeColourInherentBeggingCrisps Author:Franklin Carmichael
“It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.” BelieveImportantArtistI BelieveSoundAliveGenerationsChangedHonorAlbumsLandscapeLatinSeptemberGreat ArtRichnessGreat ArtistNew GenerationCubanLatin MusicCuban Music Author:Gloria Estefan
“I often wondered why I was attracted to certain landscapes and not others and why my photographs (and depictions by other artists) looked the way they did, Archetypes imprinted on my mind started me on a search.” WayMindArtistCertainPhotographerPhotographLandscapeArchetypeDepiction Book:Permutations on the picturesque Source: Permutations on the picturesque
“For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which, without neglecting the minor traits or finishing, he was chiefly solicitous to present the leading effect, or what we may call the inspiration.” ShouldMayInspirationPurposeArtistEffectsAimLandscapeNeglectTraitsMinorsFinishingAuthorshipRubens Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion