“I am not an exponent of expressionism. I don't know exactly what that means, but I don't like the sound of it. I dislike cults and isms. I want to paint in terms of my own thinking and feeling.” ThinkingKnowsWantMeanFeelingsSoundTermMy OwnExpressionPaintDislikeCultIsmsExpressionismExponents Author:Georgia O'Keeffe
“What greatly attracted me - and it was the main line of advance of Cubism - was how to give material expression to this new space of which I had an inkling. So I began to paint chiefly still lifes, because in nature there is a tactile, I would almost say a manual space... that was the earliest Cubist painting - the quest for space.” GivingStillsLinesSpacePaintingExpressionMaterialsPaintQuestsManualsStill LifeTactileCubism Author:Georges Braque
“A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily in any 'story' outside of itself - or else it belongs to the field of illustration.” ShouldArtStoriesBeautifulFormInterestFieldsExpressionPaintAbstractColourWorks Of ArtIllustrationExpressive Author:John F. Carlson
“Everyone has doors in the living room of their lives that they assume are locked. Doors that lead to artistic expression. People say "I have no talent -- I can't dance or sing or paint or write poetry or play an instrument." More often than not the doors are not locked, just closed. One may turn the handle, open the door and pass through into a larger life space.” PeopleWritingMayArtI CanPlayTurnsSpaceRoomsDoorsTalentExpressionInstrumentsAssumingPaintHandleArtisticLockedLiving RoomArtistic ExpressionLocked Doors Author:Robert Fulghum
“The muscularity in my paintings is only an expression of the spirit within. When I paint Nephi, I'm painting the interior, the greatness, the largeness of spirit. Who knows what he looked like? I'm painting a man who looks like he could actually do what Nephi did.” KnowsMenLooksSpiritGreatnessPaintingExpressionPaintInteriors Author:Arnold Friberg
“The sublime only paints the true, and that too in noble objects; it paints it in all its phases, its cause and its effect; it is the most worthy expression or image of this truth. Ordinary minds cannot find out the exact expression, and use synonymes.” MindUseCausesEffectsObjectsExpressionOrdinaryPaintWorthyNoblePhasesSublime Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever feel like I'm cornered into one expression of creativity because I'm successful at making films or being an actor. I guess it's best to not paint yourself into that corner.” ThinkingWantFeelsFilmActorsCreativitySuccessfulStrangeExpressionPaintCornersSingersPainterCornered Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.” ThinkingMeanPerfectExpressionFlowerSingingPaintSpontaneousSpontaneityViolin Book:Georgia O'Keeffe Source: Georgia O'Keeffe
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” WayLifeArtArtistPaintingExpressionArt IsPaintPainterArtisticAnother WayDiariesFine ArtsBeing An ArtistFamous ArtistArt EducationArt And ArtistsArt And CreativityInspirational ArtistArtists And CreativityInspirational ArtCreating ArtFine ArtistsArt GalleriesFavorite ArtistCubismWatercolorsInspiring ArtPainting ArtPainting And ArtInspiration And ArtInspiring ArtistKeeping A JournalOriginal ArtLandscape PaintingPainted Faces Author:Pablo Picasso