“Studying the universe engages us in something bigger than ourselves. Science tries to describe, in terms we can only grasp intuitively, things that are beyond our intuition. . . . all we can hope for is that our physical descriptions, like a song or a good painting, are a faithful evocation of some ineffable truth.” TryingSongUniverseTermStudyPaintingIntellectualBiggerIntuitionFaithfulDescriptionIneffable Author:Guy Consolmagno
“Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings.” MadeSpaceChangedPaintingLowsBiggerStudiosCeilingsHorizontal Author:James Rosenquist
“You tell the big lie by carefully selecting only the small, isolated truths, linking them in such a way that that advance the bigger lie by painting a picture inside the viewer's head. The Ascended High Master of this Dark Art is Noam Chomsky.” WayArtBigsLyingDarkPaintingMastersArt IsBiggerIsolatedViewersPainting A PictureDark Art Author:Bill Whittle
“There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is bluffing and getting through a smattering of surface representation with no meaning.” WayTryingPaintingBiggerPaintSurfaceHonestlyRepresentationWrong Way Book:Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other Writings Source: Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other Writings
“One of the reasons I moved away from painting was because I eventually discovered that I wanted to deal more with motion, time, and performance - and that became a much bigger part of my life both as an actor and as a musician and someone who goes on stage and travels around the world and works on productions.” WorldReasonWantedActorsDealsStagePaintingGoes OnMusicianPerformancesBiggerMovedProductionsAround The World Author:Jared Leto