“Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to a souvenir or arrangement.” FactsStrengthColorPaintingSpiteEtcStrongestCompositionArrangementsInevitabilitySouvenirs Book:Robert Rauschenberg Source: Robert Rauschenberg
“No matter how much creativity goes into it, cooking is an art. Or perhaps I should say a craft. It abides by absolute rules, physics, chemistry, etc. and that means that unless you understand the science you cannot reach the art. We're not talking about painting here. Cooking's more like engineering. I happen to think that there is great beauty in great engineering.” ThinkingShouldMeanArtMatterHappensTalkingCreativityPaintingAbsolutesCookingPhysicsCraftsEtcChemistryEngineeringNot Talking Author:Alton Brown
“When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time - be it current events, the books I am reading, personal events, influences, emotions, etc. - all find their way into my work.” ThinkingWayBookReadingEmotionInfluenceEventsPaintingCurrentsEtcCurrent Events Author:Ali Banisadr
“"Good" people are those who don't hold in the thoughts, but find proper outlets like writing, painting, music, etc.” PeopleWritingPaintingEtcGood PeopleOutlets Author:Matthew Carter
“A lot of artists were members of the artistic union. It gave you the possibility to buy paints, canvases, brushes, even the possibility to get a studio if you had the money to build it. It also gave you the possibility to make your living by making official art and then you would get a lot of "official" commissions: portraits, paintings, murals, etc.” IfsArtArtistPossibilityPaintingMembersUnionsPaintStudiosArtisticOfficialsEtcPortraitsBrushesMural Author:Ilya Kabakov
“Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc.” WritingStillsDifferentSchoolRocksStudentsPaintingLifetimeRelatedEtcDifferent ThingsPunkLive Your LifeMediocreSkatingPunk RockSkateboarding Author:Jeff Ament