“What can books of men that wive In a dragon-guarded land, Paintings of the dolphin-drawn Sea-nymphs in their pearly wagons Do, but awake a hope to live...?” MenLifeArtBookArtistHopeSeaLandPaintingLive LifeAwakeDragonsGuardedDolphinsWagonsNymphsHope To Live Book:The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition
“The world somehow is always the same. The only thing that can improve is the individual life. One can live a good life. One can give life a meaning. Either by drinking oneself to death or by painting oneself to death or by loving oneself to death.” WorldLoveLifeGivingDeathIndividualPaintingDrinkingOneselfImprovementPainterLive LifeGood LifeIndividual LifeLive Life Happy Author:Odd Nerdrum
“I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.” PeopleWayLifeNeedsMadeStillsFeltInterestingClassSubjectsPaintingDrawingBest WayGet BackVery Interesting Author:Peter Wright
“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.” LifeArtPainLife IsKnowledgeLearningPaintingManagementPainting A Picture Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“Most people don't like to be confronted with an actual fact-of-life because it's difficult to metabolize. A painting of a bowl of fruit is much easier. It's for the same reason why we don't like going to the doctor. The diagnosis and x-rays are too honest. This is what creates the perception that contemporary art is shocking or suspicious.” PeopleLifeArtReasonFactsDifficultHonestPaintingEasierPerceptionArt IsDoctorsFruitContemporaryReason WhyRaysBowlsShockingSuspiciousDiagnosisFacts Of LifeContemporary Art Author:Adamo Macri