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“I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces?”

Way Made Fire Painting Surface Pursuit Impression Burning Flames Provoking Spontaneous

Author:Yves Klein

“Pseudo-critics prefer to direct their remarks to the artist - Heaven forgive them - but one due rather to a common impression that such an attitude is the correct one, that all paintings should be figuratively mutilated, and that all artists are fair game, or really grateful perhaps for a few tips.”

Should Artist Games Heaven Common Attitude Painting Fairs Direct Grateful Forgiving Critics Dues Impression Remarks Pseudo Fair Game

Author:Walter J. Phillips

“I think that painting relates very neatly to inner travel and the exploration of inner worlds. With painting, I always get the impression that you're sort of entering into a shared space.”

Thinking World Space Painting Impression Relate Exploration Entering Inner World

Author:Joe Bradley

“Collect impressions. Don't be in a hurry to write them down. Because that's something music can do better than painting: it can centralise variations of colour and light within a single picture a truth generally ignored, obvious as it is.”

Writing Light Can Do Painting Obvious Impression Colour Ignored Variation Light Within Single Picture

Book:Debussy Letters: ,

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“The idea (for the painting 'Room in New York', 1932, ed.) had been in my mind a long time before I painted it. It was suggested by glimpses of lighted interiors seen as I walked along city streets at night, probably near the district where I live (Washington Square, New York, fh) although it's no particular street or house, but is really a synthesis of many impressions.”

Mind Long Ideas Night House Rooms Cities Streets New York Particular Painting Long Time Impression Squares Interiors Glimpse Synthesis City Streets Streets At Night

Author:Edward Hopper

“Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you.”

Way Sometimes Moments Painting Impression Thrilling Register Foreign Places

Author:Susan Minot

“My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.”

Artist Painting Aim Impression Intimate Transcription

Book:Edward Hopper, 1882-1967: Hayward Gallery, London, 11 February to 29 March 1981 : a selection from the exhibition Edward Hopper, the art and the artist held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from 16 September 1980 to 25 January 1981

Source: Edward Hopper, 1882-1967: Hayward Gallery, London, 11 February to 29 March 1981 : a selection from the exhibition Edward Hopper, the art and the artist held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from 16 September 1980 to 25 January 1981

“I had the impression in art school that cartooning was thought of as a lesser art than painting because cartoons are reproduced, so the "work" is not the single thing like a painting, but instead is the reproduced image.”

Art School Painting Impression Cartoon Art School

Author:Roz Chast