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“The paradox in the evolution of French painting from Courbet to Cezanne is how it was brought to the verge of abstraction in and by its very effort to transcribe visual appearance with ever greater fidelity.”

Effort Greater Painting Evolution Appearance Visuals Paradox Abstraction Fidelity Verge Cezanne

Author:Clement Greenberg

“In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.”

Greater Painting Eloquence

Author:John Ruskin

“I don't work from drawings and colour sketches into a final painting. Painting, I think, today - the more immediate, the more direct - the greater the possibilities of making a direct - of making a statement.”

Thinking Today Greater Possibility Painting Direct Finals Drawing Statements Colour

Book:Jackson Pollock

Source: Jackson Pollock

“People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it.”

People Believe Ideas Realizing Greater Painting Executing

Author:Sam Messer

“l can do very well without God both in my life and in my painting, but l cannot, ill as I am, do without something which is greater than l, which is my life — the power to create.”

Wells I Can Artist Suffering Greater Atheism Painting Without God

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“Painting pictures in our mind of what we want serves as the foundation for greater living and greater relationships.”

Want Mind Greater Painting Foundation Painting A Picture

Author:Mary Morrissey

“Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.”

Giving Art Pleasure Greater Produce Painting Imitation Lively True Knowledge Best Nature

Book:The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life

Source: The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life

“Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words; and in painting, as in all the arts and acts of life the secret of high success will be found, not in a fretful and various excellence, but in a quiet singleness of justly chosen aim.”

Art Remember Found Secret Greater Painting Quiet Aim Excellence Various Chosen Fewer Eloquence Singleness

Book:Precious Thoughts, Moral and Religious

Source: Precious Thoughts, Moral and Religious

“Sellers in general maintain the quality of their products and services for fear of losing customers otherwise. But, when price controls create a situation where the amount demanded is greater than the amount supplied - a shortage - fear of losing customers is no longer as strong an incentive. For example, landlords typically reduce painting and repairs when there is rent control, because there is no need to fear vacancies when there are more tenants looking for apartments than there are apartments available.”

Needs Strong Quality Situation Greater Example Painting Products Amount Losing Available Customers Apartment Incentives Shortage Sellers Landlord Tenants Vacancy Rent Control

Author:Thomas Sowell