“Painting is the same kind of problem as unfolding a long, sustained interlocked argument... It is a proposition commanded by a single unity of conception.” KindLongProblemPaintingArgumentUnityConceptionPropositionsUnfolding Book:Churchill on men and events: a selection from Source: Churchill on men and events: a selection from
“One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner life of a human being is a vast and varied realm and does not concern itself alone with stimulating arrangements of color, form and design. The term 'life' as used in art is something not to be held in contempt, for it applies all of its existence, and the province of art is to react to it and not to shun it. Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again be great.” HumansDoeArtFormUsedTermHuman BeingsDealsExistenceDesignColorPaintingArt IsWeaknessConcernIntellectInventionRealmsAbstractSubstitutesConceptionContemptArrangementsImaginativeInner LifeProvincesPristineAbstract PaintingTerm Life Author:Edward Hopper
“What a conception of art must those theorists have who exclude portraits from the proper province of the fine arts! It is exactly as if we denied that to be poetry in which the poet celebrates the woman he really loves. Portraiture is the basis and the touchstone of historic painting.” IfsArtPaintingPoetFineBasesCelebrateConceptionDeniedPortraitsHistoricFine ArtsProvincesTheoristsTouchstonesPortraiture Author:August Wilhelm von Schlegel
“I believe that one should not think too much about nature when painting, at least not during the painting's conception. The colour sketch should be made exactly as one has perceived things in nature. But personal feeling is the main thing.” ThinkingShouldBelieveMadeFeelingsI BelieveToo MuchPaintingColourConceptionPersonal Feelings Author:Paula Modersohn-Becker
“The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.” MeanArtSeemsMovementPaintingIdealsDenyContemporaryConceptionTrendsEthos Author:Edward Hopper
“Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me.” LooksPaintingConcernedBusySimplicityConception Book:Jasper Johns: A Retrospective Source: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective