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“There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.”

Art Painting Notion Simplicity Torture Less Is More

Author:Robert Breault

“In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.”

Simple Painting Mathematics Simplicity Complicated Simple Things Complicated Things

Book:Thomas Eakins: retrospective exhibition, September 22 to November 21, 1970, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Source: Thomas Eakins: retrospective exhibition, September 22 to November 21, 1970, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

“Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop.”

Ifs Want One Thing Painting Speech Simplicity Dinner Remembered

Book:Charles Webster Hawthorne

Source: Charles Webster Hawthorne

“The most interesting studio work, and perhaps the most practicable, is painting from pencil sketches and notes... It ensures the elimination of all facts but those essential to the effect.”

Facts Interesting Effects Painting Essentials Notes Simplicity Studios Pencils Most Interesting Elimination

Author:Walter J. Phillips

“You're trying to make your painting too complicated. Paintings get complicated all by themselves.”

Trying Painting Simplicity Complicated

Author:Toni Onley

“Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me.”

Looks Painting Concerned Busy Simplicity Conception

Book:Jasper Johns: A Retrospective

Source: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective

“Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.”

Enough Simple Study Effects Painting Strive Simplicity Complexity

Author:Chai Lu