“Painting, especially much better than words, allows oneself to express the various stages of thought, including the deeper levels, the underground stages of the mental process.” ProcessLevelsStagePaintingIncludingOneselfVariousDeeper Author:Claes Oldenburg
“There is an instinct for realism, a powerful drive to reproduce oneself. The fascination of photorealistic paintings lies partly in their apparent replication of life, but these are not merely replications. These paintings are often out of life scale, varying from over life-size to under life-size, from brilliant, heightened color to pale, undertone hues.” LyingPowerfulColorPaintingInstinctSizeOneselfBrilliantScalesPaleRealismFascinationHueReplicationLife Size Book:Art & soul: notes on creating Source: Art & soul: notes on creating
“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
“Three things are needed for success in painting and sculpture: to see beauty when young and accustom oneself to it, to work hard, and to obtain good advice.” HardYoungThreeAdvicePaintingHard WorkNeededOneselfSculptureThree ThingsGood Advice Author:Gian Lorenzo Bernini