“Only the series of colors on the canvas with all their power and vibrancy could, in combination with each other, render the chromatic feeling of that landscape.” FeelingsColorSeriesLandscapeCombinationCanvasVibrancy Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
“Maybe the given person, cup, or landscape is lost before one gets to painting. A figure exerts a continuing and unspecified influence on a painting as the canvas develops. The represented forms are loaded with psychological feeling. It can't ever just be painting.” PersonsFeelingsFormLostGivenInfluenceFiguresPaintingPsychologicalCupsLandscapeContinuingCanvasLoaded Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“If we view a great mountain soaring into the sky, it may excite us, evoke an uplifted feeling within us. There is an interplay of something we see outside of us with our inner response. The artist takes that response and its feelings and shapes it on canvas with paint so that when finished it contains the experience.” IfsMayFeelingsArtistViewsSkyShapesMountainExperienceResponsePaintFinishedCanvasSoarEvoke Author:Lawren Harris
“One of the main reasons I paint is because I think nature is so wonderful. I want to try to get my feelings of that down on canvas, if possible.” IfsThinkingWantTryingReasonFeelingsWonderWonderfulPaintCanvas Author:E. J. Hughes
“When he was very excited, [John Singer] Sargent would rush at his canvas with his brush poised for attack, yelling, 'Demons, demons, demons!' When he was particularly angry or frustrated, he expressed these feelings with 'Damn,' the only curse he allowed himself. He once had the expletive inscribed on a rubber stamp so he could have the satisfaction of pounding it on a piece of paper.” FeelingsPiecesPaperAngrySatisfactionExcitedSingersDamnCurseDemonFrustratedCanvasBrushesStampsYellingRubberExpletives Author:Deborah Davis