“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
“If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees that moves you--if, being a figure painter, it is love of human beauty, and human soul that moves you--if, being a flower or animal painter, it is love, and wonder, and delight in petal and in limb that move you, then the Spirit is upon you, and the earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.” IfsHumansSoulEarthMovingSpiritAnimalWonderTreeFiguresPaintingFlowerDelightPainterHillsLandscapeLimbsFullnessHuman SoulPetalsFigure Painting Book:Works Source: Works
“The moving toward one's inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him on toward the more adequate image.” LongSelfMovingJourneyOffersPainterTemporaryAdequateInner SelfPilgrimageHigh Points Book:The Shape of Content Source: The Shape of Content
“I became an animal painter because I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.” ArtMovingAnimalStudyPositionChangedDrawsPainter Author:Rosa Bonheur