“There are so many people, especially among our comrades, who imagine that words are nothing - on the contrary, isn't it true that saying a thing well is as interesting and as difficult as painting it?” PeopleWellsDifficultInterestingImaginePaintingContraryImagine ThatComrade Book:Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)
“I have made a solemn vow never to send my drawings because people have cheated me. In particular, just today I found... that, having done a drawing of souls in Purgatory for the Bishop of St. Gata, he, in order to spend less, commissioned another painter to do the painting using my work. If I were a man, I can't imagine it would have turned out this way.” PeopleIfsMenWayMadeI CanSoulDoneTodayOrderFoundImagineParticularPaintingDrawingPainterVowSolemnBishopsCheatedPurgatory Author:Artemisia Gentileschi
“There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference.” ArtCultureImaginePaintingPopsPop CulturePop ArtRetro Author:Joe Bradley
“I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make.” NeedsLongMightImaginePaintingLong Time Author:Gerhard Richter
“Could you imagine people eating a painting - if they could introduce a painting into their bodies? It's probably the artist's dream, and we have the opportunity to do so.” PeopleIfsDreamBodyArtistOpportunityImaginePaintingEatingIntroducing Author:Ferran Adria
“Humans have changed the landscape so much, but images of the sea could be shared with primordial people. I just project my imagination on to the viewer, even the first human being. I think first and then imagine some scenes. Then I go out and look for them. Or I re-create these images with my camera. I love photography because photography is the most believable medium. Painting can lie, but photography never lies: that is what people used to believe.” PeopleThinkingFirstsBelieveHumansLooksUsedLyingImaginationHuman BeingsImagineSeaChangedPaintingSceneProjectsPhotographyCamerasPhotographerMediumsLandscapeViewersMy ImaginationBelievableNever LiePhotography Love Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all the arts combined. Students are always asking me for advice, and I tell them that they have to be enthusiastic, because it's hard work. The only way to enjoy it is to be totally immersed. If you don't get involved on that level, it could be a very miserable job. I only have one regret about my career: I'm sorry that we are not making silent movies any more. That is the purest art form I can imagine.” IfsWayWritingArtI CanHardJobsFilmFormEnjoyLevelsMusicCareersStudyImagineAdviceStudentsPaintingRegretHard WorkInvolvedPureAskingSilentSorryMiserableCombinationCinemaMovieFilmmakingI'm SorrySculptureGet InvolvedEnthusiasticInvolvementCinematographySilent MoviesMusic WritingFilm Students Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Each painting is its own world, but a lot of times I do see the paintings as one page from a story. You can imagine what has happened before or after. Sometimes they are worded as being a part of a story, especially the paintings where characters are in conversation.” WorldSometimesCharacterStoriesImagineHappenedPaintingConversationPages Author:Neil Farber
“You can't paint pictures of love. You can only imagine them. So I suppose I don't need a painting by another artist. I have enough of my own.” NeedsEnoughArtistMy OwnImagineLove YouPaintingPaintLove Picture Author:Wolfgang Beltracchi
“I started out making $4 for my first fight, but imagine paying $25,000 for a painting...look at me!” FirstsLooksFightingImaginePaintingLook At Me Author:Muhammad Ali
“When you're looking through a magazine, what makes you stop and think is when you see an image and imagine the narrative that is going on inside of it. Those are the ones I make into paintings.” ThinkingImaginePaintingMagazinesNarrative Author:Chantal Joffe