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“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.”

“You can eliminate color and still have a painting that works, but you must have drawing, value and design.”

Stills Values Design Color Painting Drawing

Author:Matt Smith

“An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand.”

Hands Seems Design Painting Sake Patterns Opening

Author:Robert Genn

“It is definitely mostly due to the invention of the camera that all this design and emphasized paint quality have come into painting.”

Quality Design Painting Photography Cameras Paint Dues Invention

Author:E. J. Hughes

“Architecture exhibits the greatest extent of the difference from nature which may exist in works of art. It involves all the powers of design, and is sculpture and painting inclusively. It shows the greatness of man, and should at the same time teach him humility.”

Men Should May Art Shows Differences Teach Design Greatness Humility Painting Architecture Works Of Art Sculpture Exhibits Greatness Of Man

Book:The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions

Source: The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions

“For years, I went around the world looking and then painting, but now I have to think first and then paint. It's driven me to find the design concept first, and to rely on my memory and technical skills to supply only those details that are needed.”

Thinking World Years Firsts Memories Design Painting Needed Skills Concepts Paint Details Driven Around The World Rely Technical Skills

Author:Milford Zornes

“When I was younger, I wanted to own a circus and create this bizarre revue that went from town to town. And, I was interested in set design and doing theater. And then, I was painting for a while. It was all circling around creating an intense experience for an audience of one, or an audience of many.”

Wanted Audience Design Painting Creating Theater Towns Intense Bizarre Circus Audience Of One

Author:Neil Burger

“When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works.”

Used Stage Design Painting Tired Oil Composition Influential Collages Oil Painting

Author:Myfanwy Pavelic

“Don't worry, it's very clear that the painting was done by a human, most likely a human with one eye removed and a feverent if incorrect understanding of design and anatomy.”

Ifs Humans Done Eye Understanding Worry Clear Design Painting Anatomy

Author:Ryan North

“People's live are expressed in little details....The soap in the bathroom, the flowers in the garden, the books on the bedside table are all strong symbols of a life in progress. You look at these details and a world unfolds - here are their books, the paintings they cherish, the music that soothes their souls.”

People World Looks Littles Book Soul Strong Progress Design Painting Flower Garden Tables Details Symbols Cherish Bathroom Soap Interior Design

Author:Charlotte Moss

“Without rules you can't have anything, but you don't want to just be pedantic or obsessive. The painting is finished when it's working. The overall balance is right. Balance shouldn't be confused with design. There has to be restless jostle and aggression and a bit of dynamism, not just pat-ness or settled-ness or immediate pleasing-ness.”

Want Bits Design Painting Balance Finished Confused Aggression Restless Obsessive Dynamism Pedantic

Author:Matthew Collings

“There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.”

Modern Design Painting Fine Abstract

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“My work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde; the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design.”

Firsts Art Influence Modern Design Particular Painting Engaged Representatives Sculpture Avant Garde Intersections

Author:Zaha Hadid

“Actually, I didn't study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design my third and fourth year, and photography my fifth.”

Years Firsts School Study Design Painting Photography Thirds Fourth Fifth Graphic Graphic Design Fourth Year

Author:Ryan McGinley

“When I was in art school, the photo kids were separated from the rest. If you did sculpture or painting or graphic design, you were all taking the same classes, but the photographers just went straight into photography.”

Ifs Art Kids School Class Design Painting Photography Photographer Sculpture Graphic Graphic Design Art School

Author:Ryan McGinley