“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
“I think it's an American curse that most of us think we are special. ... everyone believes themselves to be superior to the majority of the population in some way. Sometimes it's their looks, other times their perceived sex appeal (often in obvious defiance of their looks), and other times it is their real or imagined talent for acting, writing, painting or banging on the drums. And because people are so susceptible to flattery, there exists an entire industry made up of scam artists whose sole goal is to fleece the flatterable.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingBelieveLooksMadeRealSometimesArtistSexGoalActingSpecialTalentPaintingIndustryMajorityPopulationObviousSuperiorsAppealsCurseSoleFlatteryDefianceSusceptibleBangingSex AppealScamsFleece Author:Fay Faron
“Both sex and death are eternal themes. You could make thousands of movies on this theme, and whether you have a human being who is painting, singing, making a film, writing, these are the themes that you will come back to and return to. If you don't have any of these artistic expressions, sex is one of the only gifts that nature gave you for free, so it is very important to celebrate it. And then, with death, we are condemned to that. This is absolutely present in our lives.” IfsWritingHumansImportantFilmSexHuman BeingsOur LivesPaintingExpressionReturnEternalSingingCelebrateArtisticThemeArtistic ExpressionSex And DeathFilm Writing Author:Pedro Almodovar
“When I look back on the years of excessive self-doubt, I wonder how I was able to make my paintings. In part, I managed to paint because I had a desire, as strong as the desire for food and sex, to push through, to make an image that signified.” YearsLooksArtSelfAbleDesireStrongSexWonderDoubtPaintingPaintSelf-doubt Author:Miriam Schapiro
“Painters should shut up and paint and when we stop painting we should dance or have sex or get a massage or take a shower and we shouldn't be talking about painting.” ShouldSexTalkingPaintingPaintPainterShut UpShowersMassage Author:Chris Martin
“Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel.” SexNovelPaintingLandscapePsychoanalysisAmerican LandscapeLandscape Painting Author:Robert Hughes