“You have to be bold because there will be folks who will say, "You can't" or "You shouldn't" or "Why?" There is a certain boldness to saying, "Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting."” WantWellsCertainCouragePaintingFolksPassionateLawyerCorporateBoldness Author:Chris Gardner
“The passionate reactions of people to a painting, the exclamation, 'Oh, this is wonderful,' may, even if meant in a positive way, entirely destroy the chiaroscuro, the mystical hidden weaving of fantasy which the artist needs.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsMayArtistFantasyWonderfulPaintingPassionateReactionsMysticalWeavingExclamationChiaroscuro Book:The Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Revised Edition Source: The Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Revised Edition
“Unlike music or poetry or painting, food rouses no response in passionate and emotional youth. Only when the surge of the blood is quieted does gastronomy come into its own with philosophy and theology and the sterner delights of the mind.” MindDoePhilosophyBloodFoodYouthEmotionalPaintingResponsePassionateDelightTheologyNo Response Book:The Documents in the Case Source: The Documents in the Case
“My first sense of myself was as an artist, a painter. I would see a Van Gogh painting and just love it, the more emotional and passionate the more it attracted me.” FirstsArtistEmotionalPaintingPassionatePainterVans Author:Philip Schultz
“Celebrity and charity have been bedfellows for many years. The key is to try and choose practical, sound and effective ones. There is no shortage of solicitation for endorsement, so you have to really know what you're getting behind and be passionate about it. In this case, aside from just being a spokesperson, they're benefiting a form of expression that is dear to me, painting.” KnowsTryingYearsHas BeensFormSoundBehindsCasesPaintingExpressionKeysCharityDearPassionatePracticalsJust BeingShortageEndorsementsBedfellowsSolicitation Author:Billy Zane
“I decided I needed something that I could feel as passionate about as acting, and something in which I could completely lose myself. I started painting, and I'm still doing it.” FeelsStillsLosesActingPaintingNeededDecidedPassionate Author:Michelle Pfeiffer