“Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time.” PeopleBookBeliefRealizingAttitudePaintingAbstractInterpretationSurprisingThrillingAbstract Painting Author:Marisha Pessl
“I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.” ArtCountryWantedArtistFunRealizingClassSeeingInspirePaintingArt Class Author:Edward Ruscha
“When you see what you express through photography, you realize all the things that can no longer be the objectives of painting. Why should an artist persist in treating subjects that can be established so clearly with the lens of a camera?” ShouldArtistRealizingSubjectsPaintingPhotographyCamerasObjectivesPersistLenses Author:Pablo Picasso
“Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It is at such moments that one fully realizes one's own weaknesses.” HeartMomentsRealizingDecisionPaintingDemandWeaknessDifficultySteelFinishing Author:Eugene Delacroix
“It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that I've been told I was on the verge of insanity, that my painting was nothing but meaningless daubs. Lawren Harris, the man most responsible for drawing the Group of Seven together, was accused of something perilously close to treason - his paintings, said his severest critics, were discouraging immigration.” MenSaidHardTodayTogetherRealizingGroupsInfluenceDangerousHe ManPaintingCriticismResponsibleCriticsSevenDrawingImmigrationLandscapeInsanityRebelMeaninglessAccusedDiscouragingTreasonVerge Author:A. Y. Jackson
“People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it.” PeopleBelieveIdeasRealizingGreaterPaintingExecuting Author:Sam Messer
“Once you realize that the world is your own projection, you are free of it. You need not free yourself of a world that does not exist, except in your own imagination! However is the picture, beautiful or ugly, you are painting it and you are not bound by it. Realize that there is nobody to force it on you, that it is due to the habit of taking the imaginary to be real. See the imaginary as imaginary and be free of fear.” WorldNeedsDoeRealBeautifulForceFearRealizingImaginationPaintingHabitBoundsUglyDuesBeing RealImaginaryProjectionFree Yourself Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“I go into a gallery or museum, and I realize that I don't have to formulate any opinions if I don't want to. I don't have to think this thing through and write about it at any great length. I can think about it if I want to; if not, I can just walk out. So I can enjoy painting really a lot more than I could when I had that sort of pressure.” IfsThinkingWantWritingI CanEnjoyRealizingWalksOpinionPaintingPressureLengthMuseumsGallery Author:Tom Robbins
“When I'm writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I'm not in charge and I'm almost listening outside of it. That's when I realize that we all have to start looking at life as a gift. It's like listening to a color and believing that these colors have soul mates and once you get them all together the painting is complete.” WritingBelieveSoulTogetherSongRealizingColorPaintingListeningPensMatesWriting SongsSoul Mate Author:Prince
“It's weird making a drawing of painting. I start to realize that charcoal is this incredibly fragile material. I'm making images of paintings out of dust.” RealizingPaintingMaterialsDrawingDustFragileCharcoal Author:Robert Longo
“Most people don't realize the many steps that a pop-up goes through. There are a variety of "Dummies" (the sketch phase of the book). Then finally the pencil "dummy", then the finished art which is like painting pieces of a jig saw puzzle.” PeopleArtBookRealizingStepsSawsPiecesPaintingPopsFinishedVarietyPhasesPuzzlesPencilsDummy Author:Tomie dePaola
“You never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the attic - and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, cardboard Santa Claus, paperlace Mother's Day card and school report since day one.” SchoolMotherRealizingLove YouPaintingMomLettersFingersAppreciationCardsReportsChickensPotEasterClaySantaMothers DaySanta ClausBeadsMother LoveAtticsNecklacesSchool ReportsClay Pots Author:Pam Brown
“Sometimes I'll dream that I saw a show and then I'll wake up in the morning and realize that I didn't see the show, that it was my dream. And I just remember what the paintings look like in the dream and I think, "Oh, nobody painted those. I can do that."” ThinkingLooksI CanSometimesShowsDreamRememberCan DoRealizingMorningSawsPaintingWake Up Author:Julian Schnabel
“I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many.” DoneRealizingPaintingProtestVogue Author:Robert Indiana
“While it may seem a little mundane, the material realities of realizing the painting actually have a lot to do with how you should read the painting. For example, we assume that what the model is wearing is what we found him in in the streets. No; in fact, a lot of what happens is that in Photoshop certain aspects are being heightened or diminished. There is no actual material truth in these paintings.” ShouldMayLittlesFactsRealitySeemsHappensCertainFoundRealizingStreetsExamplePaintingMaterialsModelsAspectAssumingMundanePhotoshop Author:Kehinde Wiley