“I had serious training of painting styles from different historical periods... But to have all this training is not enough to be an artist. You have to add a new page to history; otherwise you are not making a contribution. But making history is not easy.” DifferentEnoughArtistEasyHistoryStylePaintingSeriousPeriodsPagesTrainingAddHistoricalContributionMaking History Author:Liu Dan
“Making a painting is like having sex for a month or something. Then I go through this period of elation at finishing the work. Then you drop off - you know, 'post-coital man is sad,' as the old saying goes.” KnowsMenSexSadnessPaintingMonthsPeriodsPostsFinishingHaving SexOld SayingElation Author:Tim Zuck
“My art in the last period has all been in small format, but my paintings have become even deeper and more spiritual, speaking truly through colour. Feeling that because of my illness I would not be able to paint very much longer, I worked like a man obsessed on these little 'Meditations' (a long series of small paintings he made during the last years of his life, with as main motif the schema of a face, ed.). And now I leave these small but, to me, important works to the future and to people who love art.” PeopleMenYearsLittlesLongArtMadeImportantFeelingsAbleLastsFacesSpiritualMeditationPaintingPeriodsSeriesPaintIllnessDeeperObsessedColourLast YearFormatMotifsImportant WorkSchemas Author:Alexej von Jawlensky
“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” MomentsDreamBeautifulPaintingPeriodsScaryClarityFrighteningClarity Of ThoughtMoments Of Clarity Book:Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality Source: Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality
“Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during the 1970s], so I hope I did all right. Otherwise, it could be the biggest embarrassment of my life. Also, the story is not linear, it's patchy, like a cubist painting, and there is always the possibility it will not hold together, it will fall apart. The tone is part satire, part serious drama, part tragedy, all mixed together, and it has to hit an emotional core. That's also very scary.” PeopleMindStoriesTogetherFallPiecesPossibilityEmotionalPaintingSeriousPeriodsDramaTragedyScaryCoreToneSatireFalling ApartEmbarrassmentLinearTaiwan Author:Ang Lee
“When you see Hitler burning paintings by Salvador Dali and Picasso he's telling you that this time period and these men and this culture didn't exist, and I've seen that happen in other countries, Sudan for instance, it's not enough to kill them you have to destroy all of their markings that they left that was their history.” MenCountryEnoughHappensCultureLeftPaintingPeriodsInstanceBurningOther CountriesSudanTime Periods Author:George Clooney
“Emile Saint-Blague had been a lively, versatile painter in his youth, but he had abused his energy by painting too many pictures; so that in what might have been the ripe period of his art he had nothing left but ideas. A man who has nothing left but ideas may be of great service to his friends, but he is of no use at all to himself. Emile was certainly an inspiration to his friends.” MenMayHas BeensArtIdeasUseInspirationMightEnergyLeftYouthPaintingPeriodsSaintPainterMight Have BeenRipeLivelyVersatileGreat Service Author:Laura Riding
“As much as I love performing, nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period. Songs, ideas, even paintings are pouring out of me. My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.” IdeasMatterInspirationSongMy OwnSubjectsPaintingPeriodsStudiosPerformingUsualJuiceSubject MatterPouring Author:Adrian Belew
“I love costume dramas, I love performing in them, because in a funny kind of way, you feel more free. You know about the period, you can read the books, you can see the paintings, but you've never actually going to know what it was like. You can kind of stretch those boundaries a bit.” KnowsWayFeelsKindBookBitsPaintingLike YouPeriodsDramaBoundariesPerformingCostumes Author:Keira Knightley
“Make a painting you can work on for a long period, and make it look like it doesn't show any effort.” LooksLongShowsEffortPaintingPeriods Author:Alex Katz