“Don't everlastingly read messages into paintings - there's the Daisy - you don't rave over or read messages into it - you just look at that bully little flower - isn't that enough?” LooksLittlesEnoughPaintingFlowerMessagesBullyDaisiesRave Book:Selected Writings Source: Selected Writings
“I don't expect everyone to get something deep out of it. Some people can just listen to the music, or get their aggressions out, but I think with any great painting or movie, album or whatever it is, it's better if people can take what they need from it. That they're not forced to get some particular message.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsParticularPaintingMessagesAlbumsAggressionJust Listen Author:Marilyn Manson
“At one point Trudeau mentioned to me that the National Gallery wanted to buy a masterpiece by the great Italian painter Lotto, and it needed a million dollars from the Treasury Board. "Is that Lotto-Quebec or Lotto-Canada?" I joked, but I got the message, and the National Gallery got the painting.” WantedMillionsPaintingNeededMessagesDollarsPainterBoardsCanadaItalianMasterpieceGalleryMillion DollarsTreasuryQuebec Author:Jean Chretien
“Why was the painting made? What ideas of the artist can we sense? Can the personality and sensitivity of the artist be felt when studying the work? What is the artist telling us about his or her feelings about the subject? What response do I get from the message of the artist? Do I know the artist better because of the painting?” KnowsMadeIdeasFeelingsArtistFeltStudySubjectsPaintingPersonalityMessagesResponseSensitivity Author:Gerald Brommer
“A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.” DoeHappensOrderPaintingElementsMessagesImportanceAccidents Author:Mike Svob
“I think that's such an important message, especially for younger women, to know, 'I don't have to come out of the womb painting like Frida Kahlo. My very first thing that I make isn't going to be an around-the-world sensation.' You have to paint a hundred really ugly, barfy, diarrhea paintings before you come up with that one where you start to really get into your groove.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFirstsImportantPaintingMessagesHundredPaintCome UpUglyAround The WorldSensationsWombGrooveDiarrheaFrida Author:Kathleen Hanna
“My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few people are interested in it. It's not revolutionary. Why keep wishing for it to be belligerent? I can't. Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.” PeopleThinkingWellsChildrenI CanPainThreeLostWishPaintingMessagesSeriesHorribleRevolutionaryFulfilledHorrible Life Author:Frida Kahlo
“In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are of deities or Buddhas, and they try to send a message of the value of the spiritual.” TryingWellsUseSpiritualArtistValuesCultureInterestResponsibilityPaintingMessagesMediumsDeitiesTibetan Author:Dalai Lama
“My painting carries with it the message of pain.” PainArtistPaintingMessagesCarrieHappy FridayBeautiful Paintings Author:Frida Kahlo