“He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto. Love and delight therein are better of the Art of Painting than compulsion.” ArtWould BeJoyTurnsNaturalPaintingDelightPainterCompulsion Author:Albrecht Durer
“There is an aesthetic excitement about painting which is one of the most beautiful experiences that can be. Put things down while you feel that joy.” FeelsBeautifulJoyPaintingExcitementAestheticBeautiful Experiences Book:Charles Webster Hawthorne Source: Charles Webster Hawthorne
“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
“Half of the pleasure of painting and feeling the joy of the creative act is sharing it with others and the feeling of connection. It could just be the colour. But it is something that someone other than you has seen and felt. It is momentous. It is magic.” FeelingsJoyFeltPleasureHalfCreativeMagicPaintingConnectionsColour Author:Sara Genn
“An intrinsic part of the whole delicious, exuberant fun, and joy of painting consists in simply not having to bother about making a mess, either of one's person, or of the surroundings in which one is at work.” PersonsWholeJoyFunPaintingMessBotherDeliciousSurroundings Author:Mervyn Levy
“Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again.” MayMatterHappensJoyLossPaintingFailureReconcileBegin Again Author:Joshua L. Goldberg
“If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously... and take seriously the joys that it can bring to one, then you want to go to museums. You want to study the great of the past.” IfsThinkingWantPastJoyStudyPaintingMuseums Author:Nelson Shanks
“The masters painted for joy, and knew not that virtue had gone out of them. They could not paint the like in cold blood. The masters of English lyric wrote their songs so. It was a fine efflorescence of fine powers.” JoySongGoneVirtueBloodPaintingMastersFineColdPaint Book:The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
“For pure joy, I look at a small painting by Arbit Blatas. An ocean liner is at the center of the composition, perhaps ready to depart. It holds the promise of discovery.” LooksJoyPaintingReadyPromisePureOceanDiscoveryCompositionPure Joy Author:Antonio Damasio
“The freedom he gave himself to work and change shape and change ideas and work all the time with joy, the joy of painting was in [Publo] Picasso, which I found beautiful.” IdeasBeautifulJoyFoundPaintingShapes Author:Agnes Varda
“The joy of painting lies precisely in the challenge of memory and the challenge of translation from the lived experience to the two-dimensional or three-dimensional symbol.” TwoJoyLyingThreeChallengesMemoriesPaintingSymbolsTranslations Author:Paul Kane
“We are not simply intellectual creatures. We wish to make love, to enjoy a gourmet dinner, to jog in the park, to cheer lustily at a ball game, to engage in spirited conversation with our friends, to play bridge or tennis, travel to exotic places, struggle with others to build a better world, and to enjoy the arts. The arts are so vital because they help to make life worth living. Music, poetry, literature, paintings, dance, and the theater are among our richest joys...The fine arts contribute immeasurably to the good life and that is why we cherish them.” WorldArtPlayHelpingJoyLiteratureGamesWishEnjoyStrugglePaintingFineConversationCreaturesIntellectualBallsTheaterDinnerBridgesParksTennisCherishCheerGood LifeMaking LoveWorth LivingExoticFine ArtsSpiritedLife Worth LivingBall GamesGourmetExotic Places Author:Paul Kurtz