“It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He was both the first and the greatest master of this art. By a few strokes he knew how to mark the general image and character of whatever object he attempted.” FirstsArtCharacterLightEyeTurnsObjectsColorMastersDegreesHighestMarkRegardExcellenceShadeStrokes Book:Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy Source: Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy
“They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought.” SaidColorPaintingHugeSilentCriticsViolentGrayWrestlingOppressedStrokesSoberBrushesBrush Strokes Author:Antoni Tapies
“Stroke followed stroke with the velocity of light. The movement of my hand was interrupted only by the act of changing colors.” HandsLightMovementColorStrokesInterruptedVelocityChanging Colors Author:Carole Katchen
“Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another.” IfsMadeCharacterColorProjectsMusic IsStructureRhythmOperaStrokesBrushesSculptureBrush Strokes Author:Alex Abreu