“Once as I sat painting, I became aware of a man's face hovering near me, moving closer and closer to the panel I was working on. When he spoke he said, 'That is a fantastic brush!” MenSaidFacesMovingAudiencePaintingFantasticSatSpokesBrushesHoveringMoving Closer Author:Robert Genn
“You start by copying other people's paintings or music or whatever. You get all of those skills before you branch out. Really creative people have a fantastic ability to copy things and then combine them in new ways. And whether we're talking about genes or memes, recombination is the real heart of creativity.” PeopleWayHeartRealAbilityTalkingCreativityCreativePaintingSkillsFantasticBranchesCopiesGenesNew WaysCreative PeopleCopyingMemesReal Heart Author:Susan Blackmore
“Among the guitarists, Wes Montgomery is fantastic. He's always good to let you know what the art form is all about. It's the same still life that everybody is painting, but in comes Wes Montgomery, and it's right there!” KnowsArtStillsFormPaintingGuitarFantasticGuitaristStill LifeMontgomery Author:Bill Cosby
“Every time I was with Sammy [Davis Jr.] it was like going to the show business museum because the stories were so extraordinary, and I didn't care if they were true or not after a while. ... I don't know if he really got high with Humphrey Bogart or not. It didn't matter because he was painting these fantastic pictures.” IfsKnowsMatterStoriesShowsCarePaintingExtraordinaryFantasticMuseumsShow BusinessBogartSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Billy Crystal
“One of the most recent things we did [in Perceval Press] is a reissue of a fantastic documentary about Russian prison tattoo culture by Alix Lambert called The Mark of Cain. We've done books from Twilight of Empire, that actually has forewords by Howard Zinn and Dennis Kucinich and others, to books of poetry, photography, painting - all kinds of books.” KindBookDoneCulturePaintingPhotographyMarkPressesPrisonAll KindsFantasticEmpiresTwilightTattooDocumentariesCain Author:Viggo Mortensen