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“Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man's opinion... Since men are able to form a true judgement as to the works of nature, how much more does it behoove us to admit that they are able to judge our faults.”

Men Doe Able Form Opinion Painting Judging Listening Ought Faults Refuse Judgement Painting A Picture

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For this reason I judge painting to be superior to poetry.”

Reason Facts Painting Judging Superiors Poetry Is Presentation

Book:The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci

“Everything in painting is about relationship, so I judge each area by its relationship to the surrounding areas.”

Painting Judging Areas

Author:Mary Beth McKenzie

“The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself.”

Giving Trying Reason Given Advice Painting Judging Painter Given Up Connoisseur Bad Advice

Book:Picasso: 90 Drawings and Works in Colour

Source: Picasso: 90 Drawings and Works in Colour

“Wit has as few true judges as painting.”

Painting Judging Wit

Book:Country Wife and Other Plays

Source: Country Wife and Other Plays

“But you begin to feel as you go on working that unless painting proves its right to exist by being critical and self-judging, it has no reason to exist at all - or is not even possible. The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance.”

Feels Art Self Reason Artist Painting Judging Goes On Prove Court Critical Disappear Trials No Reason Canvas Glances Jury Prove It Prosecutor

Author:Philip Guston

“All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded yet. The worst painting cant hurt you, but a bad driver can kill you, a bad judge can send you to the chair, a bad politician can ruin an entire country, That is why even a bad painting is sacred.”

People Country Certain Hurt Worst Painting Judging Politician Sacred Ruins Chairs Drivers Cant

Author:Man Ray

“Just as the unmusical ear is not competent to judge music, so it is likewise with pictures, whether they are paintings, drawings or photos. Only a sensitive and trained eye gives us the right to judge.”

Giving Eye Painting Judging Ears Drawing Sensitive Competent

Author:Josef Albers

“I think that the exchange is very important. Before I did the exhibition in Shanghai, I was a judge for the John Moores Painting Prize and that was very interesting for me, because some of the judges are Chinese and some are British, and we look at the work together. It was fascinating that most of the time we were in complete agreement, but some of the time we were not. People send their works from all over China. For a foreigner, this gave me a very good picture about what is happening in China and its art today.”