“I don't know if I can convey the postman as I feel him... Unfortunately he cannot pose, and a painting demands an intelligent model.” IfsKnowsFeelsI CanPaintingDemandModelsIntelligentPostman Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It is at such moments that one fully realizes one's own weaknesses.” HeartMomentsRealizingDecisionPaintingDemandWeaknessDifficultySteelFinishing Author:Eugene Delacroix
“The sincere artist is usually his own best critic, but continuous and prolonged work on one painting will sometimes dull his judgment... The critic is in demand, but he must be competent.” SometimesArtistPaintingDemandJudgmentCriticsDullSincereCompetent Author:Walter J. Phillips
“As a young person, you have no fixed address, no studio, no money for materials, so I made things sort of on the run. That life doesn't favor the stability and spatial demands of painting.” PersonsMadeRunningYoungPaintingMaterialsDemandStudiosFavorsFixedAddressesStabilityNo MoneySpatial Author:David Salle
“No one wants my painting because it is different from other people's peculiar, crazy public that demands the greatest possible degree of originality on the painter's part and yet won't accept him unless his work resembles that of the others!” PeopleWantDifferentAcceptingCrazyPaintingDemandDegreesPainterPeculiarOriginality Book:The writings of a savage Source: The writings of a savage
“Like many musicians, I can hear the weight in the sound. Sound is matter. We speak of the colour of an instrument, of transparency... We can demand more sombre or lighter colours, deeper playing and singing, heavier or lighter sound. And manipulating those means is like creating a painting.” MeanI CanMatterSpeakSoundPaintingDemandCreatingMusicianSingingWeightInstrumentsDeeperColourTransparencyLighters Author:Laurence Equilbey