“Nothing is as uplifting as standing before a great painting whether it was painted in 1505 or last Tuesday.” LastsGreatnessPaintingStandingUpliftingTuesday Book:My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic Source: My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic
“I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct... Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume their most characteristic pose, which in a way involves all their character and social standing - what the world has done to them and their retaliation.” WorldWayPersonsDoneCharacterSocialPaintingModelsStandingAssumingCharacteristicsDeliberateRetaliation Author:Alice Neel
“There is an exercise I teach at colleges: Get yourself a canvas and a bunch of acrylics and go into a very dimly lighted room. Dip a brush into one of the colors, slap it on the canvas, don't look, close your eyes, make a painting, don't look, turn the lights on and see what you've got. I think this releases people from the editor in their life that's always standing over their shoulder saying, "Oh, you don't have any talent; who do you think you are?"” PeopleThinkingLooksLightEyeTurnsRoomsTeachTalentCollegeColorPaintingExerciseStandingShouldersBunchReleaseEditorsCanvasBrushesSlapDip Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Your art is part of the big painting of your life. You are on your own, standing by yourself in the middle of creation. In the beauty of that aloneness, and in how you respond to it, you will find your passion.” ArtBigsPassionMiddleCreationPaintingArt IsStanding Author:Michele Cassou
“Music: breathing of statues. Perhaps: silence of paintings. You language where all language ends. You time standing vertically on the motion of mortal hearts.” HeartEndsLanguageSilencePaintingStandingMortalsBreathingStatues Author:Rainer Maria Rilke