“Take the birds which you'll have noticed in so many of my recent paintings. I never thought them up, they just materialized of their own accord; they were born on the canvas... it is absurd to read any sort of symbolic significance into them.” BornPaintingBirdAbsurdSymbolsSignificanceCanvasSymbolicAccord Book:Georges Braque, 1882-1963: An American Tribute Source: Georges Braque, 1882-1963: An American Tribute
“I think there is a total equality for me between painting a literary figure or Kate Moss or my Mum or a dog or a bird. To me, they are all absolutely equal.” ThinkingDogFiguresPaintingEqualBirdMumKateMossTotal Equality Author:Stella Vine
“I never think about actual things when I'm painting. I'm not thinking, "I'm going to put a person here, a tree here and a bird there." The beginning stage is always the sound. From that, slowly, stories come about based on what I'm reading or thinking at the time, but if I didn't have that sound I don't know what I would do.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsStoriesReadingSoundTreeStagePaintingBird Author:Ali Banisadr
“I begin painting and as I paint the picture begins to assert itself, or suggest itself, under my brush. The form becomes a sign for a woman or a bird as I work... The first stage is free, unconscious... the second stage is carefully calculated.” FirstsFormStagePaintingBirdPaintUnconsciousBrushes Author:Joan Miro
“There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds.” LittlesArtArtistInterestChildhoodPaintingBirdSouthRaisedLocalsMuseumsMinorsCarolinaSouth CarolinaCharlestonCharleston South Carolina Author:Jasper Johns