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“Colour is as variable and evanescent in the form of pigment as in visible nature.”

Form Color Colour Visible Variables Pigment

Author:Walter J. Phillips

“Water and stones. Those are the unpromising ingredients of two very different endeavors... painting, because artists' pigments are made from fluids... mixed together with powdered stones to give color... and the other is alchemy, the stone the ultimate goal.”

Giving Made Two Different Together Artist Goal Water Color Painting Materials Stones Ultimate Ingredients Endeavor Fluid Alchemy Ultimate Goal Pigment

Author:James Elkins

“For me, painting is that magical material, that beautiful stuff that was invented, the ground-up pigments in oil which makes it very malleable. It can be manipulated and changed, darkened, lightened, given different hues and colors, so that by manipulating this material somehow I can find that figure I'm looking for, that figure that represents all the issues I'm bringing up and addressing.”

I Can Different Beautiful Given Stuff Issues Figures Changed Color Painting Materials Oil Mediums Hue Pigment

Author:Nathan Oliveira

“Values create dimension, but color usually receives all of the attention. When painting with oils, placing dark and light pigments next to each other can be an accident waiting to happen.”

Light Happens Values Next Waiting Dark Attention Color Painting Oil Accidents Dimensions Pigment

Author:Robert Warren

“All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.”

May Artist Color Fine Achievement Productions Colour Execution Parades All The Best Greatest Achievement Concealment Pigment Best Artist

Book:Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape

Source: Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape

“My mantra is, 'Don't be afraid of color.' What did it do to you? Do a color testing in alternate kinds of light you desire in the room because the pigment will change. And I refuse to believe that pale pale or white colors in a small room will buy you more square footage. Go with color all the way.”

Way Believe Kind Light Desire White Rooms Color Refuse Squares Pale Testing Mantras Pigment Small Rooms

Author:Bryan Batt

“There is joy in feeling the bristles of a quality brush, seeing the richness and lush color of truly good pigment flowing onto the paper or canvas. The cheap stuff just makes for harder work and lesser results.”

Feelings Joy Stuff Results Quality Seeing Color Materials Paper Harder Canvas Brushes Richness Lush Pigment

Author:Gene Black