“There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add no details that shall weaken it! Look first for the big things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - or masses of light and shade. 3rd. Details that will not spoil the beginnings!” FirstsLooksBigsLightValuesForceStrengthMassAddDetailsImpressionProportionShadeBig ThingsVitalityVividSpoil Author:William Morris Hunt
“If humans did not manufacture some of their own to appear like better people, people would not aspire to be someone else. They would stop dreaming. And if people didn't dream, they would be awake to discover the wonderful misery of being. There are no singular great people. There is only a small percentage of people manufactured to look significant, for the purpose of creating the feeling of mass insignificance.” PeopleIfsHumansLooksFeelingsDreamWould BePurposeWonderfulCreatingMassMiserySignificantAwakeAspirePercentagesGreat PeopleBeing ThereInsignificanceStop Dreaming Author:Craig Stone
“The art world is now a slave of mass culture. We have a sound-bite culture and so we have sound-bite art. You look at it, you get it - it's as immediate and as superficial as that.” WorldLooksArtCultureSoundMassSlaveBitesSuperficialArt WorldSound BitesMass Culture Author:Matthew Collings