“Roger Fry is painting me. It is too like me at present, but he is confident he will be able to alter that. Post-Impressionism is at present confined to my lower lip... and to my chin.” AblePaintingLipsLike MePostsConfinedChinsRogerPortraitureImpressionism Author:E. M. Forster
“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
“Art lives on the mental plane (the real painting is not the set of dry pigments on the canvas nor is a symphony the sequence of sound waves that convey it to our ear) but, as the post-modernists insist, is reinterpreted in new contexts by each appreciator. As for gossip, which includes the vast majority of our thoughts, its essence is its relation to a unique local part of time and space.” ArtRealSoundSpacePaintingUniqueEssenceEarsRelationMathematicsMajorityWaveLocalsPostsPlanesDryGossipCanvasOur ThoughtsTime And SpaceSequenceSymphonyPigmentArt LifeSound Waves Author:David Mumford
“I was the youngest of four kids, and Dad, who had a garden centre before he retired, came from a large Lancashire family. Every one of my uncles had their own business, including a post office, two fish and chip shops and a painting and decorating business.” TwoKidsFourPaintingDadOfficeGardenIncludingFishesPostsShopsUnclesCentreChipsRetiredOwn BusinessDecoratingPost OfficeFish And ChipsLancashire Author:Rick Astley
“I'd love to be considered a post-pop artist, but I love to have five or six different styles in every painting, just for the pleasure of the eye.” DifferentEyeArtistPleasureFiveStylePaintingSixPopsPostsDifferent Styles Author:Erro