“Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it.” MayLastsProgressPaintingReactionsRelatedContinuation Author:Sean William Scott
“Painting should educate and enrich. Modern painting merely offers a split-second emotion: You see it, you have an instant reaction and move on. Instead, real painting can be looked at over and over again and each time it has something new.” ShouldRealMovingEmotionModernPaintingOffersReactionsInstantSomething NewEducateSplits Author:Igor Babailov
“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
“You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.” FirstsHumansEyeStrongUnderstandingViewsPaintingDramaSceneFirst TimeReactionsBehaveEvokeHuman Eyes Author:Mike Svob
“Sometimes I will portray the more normal-looking people as the monsters and then the more distorted - "uniquely formed" is the word I like to use, rather than monstrous - as the sympathetic characters in the painting. It's interesting because some people will get it right away, but a common reaction is to be a little off-put by it. And that is the whole idea. If it grabs somebody in a negative way, that's my intention.” PeopleIfsWayLittlesIdeasSometimesWholeCharacterUseInterestingCommonPaintingNormalNegativeIntentionMonstersReactionsSympatheticMonstrous Author:Chris Mars