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“When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.”

Real Painting Illusion Assuming Landscape

Author:Walter Darby Bannard

“I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct... Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume their most characteristic pose, which in a way involves all their character and social standing - what the world has done to them and their retaliation.”

World Way Persons Done Character Social Painting Models Standing Assuming Characteristics Deliberate Retaliation

Author:Alice Neel

“It is, in fact, safe to assume that, more often than not, life imitates craft, for who among us can say that our experience does not more closely resemble a macramé plant holder than it does a painting by Seurat. When it comes to art, life is the biggest copycat in the matter of the frame.”

Doe Art Matter Facts Life Is Painting Safe Assuming Plant Crafts Copycats Art Life

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“While it may seem a little mundane, the material realities of realizing the painting actually have a lot to do with how you should read the painting. For example, we assume that what the model is wearing is what we found him in in the streets. No; in fact, a lot of what happens is that in Photoshop certain aspects are being heightened or diminished. There is no actual material truth in these paintings.”

Should May Littles Facts Reality Seems Happens Certain Found Realizing Streets Example Painting Materials Models Aspect Assuming Mundane Photoshop

Author:Kehinde Wiley