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“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.”

Ifs Way Doe Eye Choices Understanding Failing Subjects Mankind Creation Painting Poet Ears Satisfaction Wide Painter

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“Every picture one paints involves not painting others.”

Choices Painting Paint

Book:The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell

Source: The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell

“Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole.”

Should Whole Reality Choices Given Painting Features Capture Realistic Realism Prominence

Author:Alain de Botton

“Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.”

Firsts Said Choices Next Views Pay Painting Busy Point Of View Kitchen

Author:F. Murray Abraham

“The base of all artistic genius is the power of conceiving humanity in a new, striking, rejoicing way, of putting a happy world ofits own creation in place of the meaner world of common days, of generating around itself an atmosphere with a novel power of refraction, selecting, transforming, recombining the images it transmits, according to the choice of the imaginative intellect. In exercising this power, painting and poetry have a choice of subject almost unlimited.”

Source: The Renaissance

“You must put the essence of what you want to say into a painting. The rest is arbitrary. Chosen with discernment, but chosen, and choice involves elimination.”

Want Choices Painting Essence What You Want Chosen Arbitrary Discernment Elimination

Book:Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997

Source: Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923-1997

“My art is representational by choice....if the art of painting is to survive, it must describe and express people, their lives and times. It must communicate.”

People Ifs Art Choices Painting Art Is Communicate Life And Time

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke

“Whether it is gun control lobby, health care lobby, or abortion, pro-choice lobby, whatever it is, people are always trying to say that it is about restricting rights and they are never really prepared to talk about what the honest tradeoffs are. One of the things we need to do a better job of is actually painting those tradeoffs.”

People Needs Trying Care Jobs Choices Rights Honest Painting Gun Prepared Health Care Abortion Gun Control Always Trying Better Jobs Pro Choice Abortion

Author:Ian Bremmer

“What's great about it is that painting doesn't move. And so in the 21st century, when we're used to clicking and browsing and having constant choice, painting simply sits there silently and begs you to notice the smallest of detail.”

Moving Used Choices Century Painting Constant Details Smallest 21st Century Browsing

Author:Kehinde Wiley

“You know, I'm incredibly blessed to be able to have this level of choice as an artist today. In this economy, it's something that I, you know, pinch myself at constantly, just thinking about how I could wake up tomorrow and decide I'm going to start painting this or that. So it's good.”

Thinking Knows Today Able Artist Choices Levels Economy Painting Tomorrow Wake Up Blessed

Author:Kehinde Wiley