“One of the marks of true genius is a quality of abundance. A rich, rollicking abundance, enough to give indigestion to ordinary people. Great artists turn it out in rolls, in swatches. They cover whole ceilings with paintings, they chip out a mountainside in stone, they write not one novel but a shelf full. It follows that some of their work is better than other. As much as a third of it may be pretty bad. Shall we say this unevenness is the mark of their humanity - of their proud mortality as well as of their immortality?” PeopleGivingWritingWellsMayEnoughWholeArtistHumanityTurnsQualityNovelRichTalentPaintingProudGeniusOrdinaryStonesThirdsMarkImmortalityAbundanceMortalityShelvesGreat ArtChipsOrdinary PeopleCeilingsGreat ArtistIndigestionTrue Genius Book:The Nature of the Artist: An Address Delivered at the Dedication Ceremonies for Lee Pattison Recital Hall, Wilbur Hall, Mary Kimberly Residence Hall Source: The Nature of the Artist: An Address Delivered at the Dedication Ceremonies for Lee Pattison Recital Hall, Wilbur Hall, Mary Kimberly Residence Hall
“Painting, which is essentially a rhythmic harmony of coloured spaces. Realism was the death of art. Great art should come from the harmony of two lines.” ShouldArtTwoLinesSpacePaintingHarmonyRealismGreat Art Author:Arthur Wesley Dow
“I attended the High School of Industrial Arts and studied with many great artists as painting is something that you never stop learning about. Actually, in high school there was a time that I was thinking about just concentrating on painting and I asked my music teacher, Mr. Sondberg, for advice and he encouraged me to stick with the music as well. So all my life I have been singing and painting.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensArtSchoolArtistTeacherAdvicePaintingSingingHigh SchoolSticksGreat ArtGreat ArtistConcentratingNever Stop LearningMusic Teacher Author:Tony Bennett