“You can think of a painter as a trio - the artist, his talent and his muse, the last two always on the lookout for a new brush man.” ThinkingMenTwoLastsArtistTalentPaintingPainterMuseBrushesTrios Author:Robert Breault
“The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no reason to explain its presence - no mission to fulfill - a joy to the artist, a delusion to the philanthropist - a puzzle to the botanist - an accident of sentiment and alliteration to the literary man.” MenShouldReasonJoyArtistPerfectFlowerMastersMissionsAccidentsPainterDelusionNo ReasonSentimentsPuzzlesMasterpieceBudPhilanthropistAlliteration Book:The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Source: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
“I have lived among enough painters and around studios to have had all the theories - and how contradictory they are - rammed down my throat. A man has to have a gizzard like an ostrich to digest all the brass-tacks and wire nails of modern art theories.” MenArtEnoughModernTheoryStudiosPainterThroatNailsWireContradictoryModernismBrassModern ArtOstriches Book:D. H. Lawrence: Late Essays and Articles Source: D. H. Lawrence: Late Essays and Articles
“Men and words are ready made, and you, O Painter, if you do not know how to make your figures move, are like an orator who knows not how to use his words.” IfsKnowsMenMadeUseMovingKnow HowFiguresReadyPainterOrators Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci