“My idea of a perfect surrealist painting is one in which every detail is perfectly realistic, yet filled with a surrealistic, dreamlike mood. And the viewer himself can't understand why that mood exists, because there are no dripping watches or grotesque shapes as reference points. That is what I'm after: that mood which is apart from everyday life, the type of mood that one experiences at very special moments.” IdeasMomentsPerfectWatchesSpecialPaintingTypeShapesFilledEverydayDetailsMoodRealisticEveryday LifeViewersSurrealismGrotesqueDrippingSurrealistSpecial Moments Author:Ian Hornak
“It's important to be yourself. What art does for everyone, helps you understand yourself and in a distilled way, whether it's a painting or a scene in acting or a joke. It distills something about everyday life that can be important to you.” WayDoeArtImportantHelpingActingPaintingSceneJokesEverydayBeing YourselfEveryday Life Author:Val Kilmer
“Painting allows us to live in a more interesting way than we live our everyday lives.” WayInterestingPaintingEverydayEveryday LifeInteresting Ways Author:Pierre Soulages
“The interesting thing is that in everyday life, I fail to see the most ordinary things. I often stumble and sometimes I even fall over. But when I draw or look at a painting, I go into a sort of overdrive and just see things differently than other people.” PeopleLooksSometimesFallInterestingFailingPaintingDrawsOrdinaryEverydayEveryday LifeInteresting ThingsOrdinary ThingsOverdrive Author:Wolfgang Beltracchi