“I almost never start with an image. I start with a painting idea, an impulse, usually derived from my own world.” WorldIdeasMy OwnPaintingImpulseMy Own World Book:Robert Motherwell Source: Robert Motherwell
“When a child who has been conceived in love is born to a man and a woman, the joy of that birth sings throughout the universe. The joy of writing or painting is much the same, and the insemination comes not from the artist himself but from his relationship with those he loves, with the whole world. All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is not such thing as a non-religious subject.” MenWorldWritingChildrenHas BeensArtRealWholeJoyArtistUniverseBornReligiousLove IsSubjectsPaintingBirthArt IsWhole WorldImpulseNon Religious Author:Madeleine L'Engle
“Under his (Marc Chagall, ed.) sole impulse metaphor made its triumphal entry into modern painting.” MadeModernPaintingMetaphorImpulseSoleEntry Author:Andre Breton
“I was pretty impressed during the opening of one of my shows, when the five-year-old daughter of a well-known movie actress took a running jump at one of my paintings, like she was diving into a swimming pool. I preferred to treat her impulse as a compliment rather than insult. Sadly she hurt herself more than the painting.” YearsWellsChildrenShowsRunningHurtKnownFivePaintingDaughterTreatsActressesOpeningImpulseFive YearsInsultComplimentSwimmingPoolImpressedWell KnownDivingFive Year OldsSwimming Pool Author:James Nares
“I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power.” IfsThinkingWisePaintingSakeImpulse Author:Scott Kahn
“The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.” WayMotherFireSeeingPaintingNineForestsImpulseDistressDisturbedDealing With ItForest Fires Author:Joni Mitchell