“Today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets from society because we refuse to admit to ourselves that there is any danger in keeping them in our midst.” HeartTodayHavensDangerPoetRefusePainterMidst Book:Picasso: style and meaning Source: Picasso: style and meaning
“Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven't I the right to paint you as I want?” IfsWantHavensPaintPainterPortraitsPortraiture Author:Oriana Fallaci
“You haven't time to think about the composition. In working directly from nature, the painter ends up by simply aiming at an effect, and not composing the picture at all; and he soon becomes monotonous.” ThinkingEndsEffectsHavensPainterCompositionComposingMonotonousTime To Think Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If you're not there your art's not there. That's why we actors are often such self-centered objects.” IfsArtSelfActorsBehindsHavensObjectsPaperMediumsPainterCanvasSelf Centered Author:Elizabeth Goudge
“We might adapt for the artist the joke about there being nothing more dangerous than instruments of war in the hands of generals. In the same way, there is nothing more dangerous than justice in the hands of judges, and a paint brush in the hands of a painter! Just think of the danger to society! But today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets because we no longer admit to ourselves that there is any danger in keeping them in our midst.” ThinkingWayHeartArtWarHandsMightTodayArtistJusticeDangerousHavensDangerPoetJudgingJokesInstrumentsPaintPainterMidstBrushesPaint Brushes Author:Pablo Picasso
“I think that one of the things is that, if you are going to decide to be a painter, you have got to decide that you are not going to be afraid of making a fool of yourself. I think another thing is to be able to find subjects which really absorb you to try and do. I feel that without a subject you automatically go back into decoration because you haven't got the subject which is always eating into you to bring it back - and the greatest art always returns you to the vulnerability of the human situation.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingHumansArtAbleSituationSubjectsHavensFoolReturnEatingPainterVulnerabilityDecorationAlways EatingMaking A Fool Of Yourself Book:Francis Bacon: Retrospektive Source: Francis Bacon: Retrospektive
“I hate to say I'm a photographer, because I learned photography as I went along. But I also hate to say I'm a painter, a draftsman, even an artist. I think it's good when you're confused about what you are; it means you haven't defined yourself as an artist yet.” ThinkingMeanArtistHateHavensPhotographyI HatePhotographerPainterDefinedConfusedDraftsman Author:Vik Muniz