“Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?” RealLife IsHalfPaintingCommunicationConversationSentencesFinishedReal LifeOverlapping Author:Edgar Degas
“What I could have done in real life only by throwing a bomb which would have led to the scaffold I tried to achieve in painting by using color of maximum purity. In this way I satisfied my urge to destroy old conventions, to disobey in order to re-create a tangible, living, and liberated world.” WorldWayRealDoneOrderAchieveColorPaintingReal LifeSatisfiedPurityBombsUrgesThrowingConventionsMaximumRenewalTangibleLiberated Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
“Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human beings in real life; painting is more about the extreme moments when speech doesn't help anymore.” HumansLittlesRealMomentsHelpingBitsHuman BeingsPaintingPoetSpeechLittle BitExtremesReal LifeRetreatPain In Life Author:Francesco Clemente
“I got starstruck not by someone who is famous, but by someone who's famous in the miniature painting community. When I was a kid, I used to paint miniatures. There were famous people in the miniature community from forums online. I went to some big event and I saw them in real life and I was so starstruck.” PeopleRealBigsKidsUsedCommunitySawsEventsPaintingPaintReal LifeOnlineForumsMiniaturesBig Events Author:Ansel Elgort