“Oh! I must somehow manage to do a figure in a few strokes.” FiguresPaintingManageStrokes Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought.” SaidColorPaintingHugeSilentCriticsViolentGrayWrestlingOppressedStrokesSoberBrushesBrush Strokes Author:Antoni Tapies
“Starting with approaching the spot where the painting is to be done, meanwhile realising the emptiness of the mind, up to the method of 'the flying white', of the rule of the singular stroke of the brush.. ..there is a proper tradition in which the artist is fully aware of the fact that only the pure and empty spontaneity enables him to embrace without hesitating all apparitions and to truly penetrate into the roots of things.” MindDoneFactsArtistWhitePaintingPureTraditionRootsEmptyMethodEmbraceStartingFlyingSpotsEmptinessRealisingStrokesBrushesPenetrateSpontaneityApparitions Author:Antoni Tapies
“Music loud, I can't help but wiggle a bit and I think that movement finds its way into the paintings... I can see it in the strokes.” ThinkingWayI CanHelpingBitsMovementPaintingLoudStrokes Author:Laura Harris
“Subject becoming less relevant, each painting having a life of its own, each stroke leading to the next. It is more about the connection of body and spirit to canvas, over mind to canvas.” MindBodySpiritNextSubjectsPaintingBecomingConnectionsRelevantCanvasStrokes Author:Ken Gillespie
“It's true, I do sometimes suspend myself over the canvas, but mostly I work at a table when I'm making a painting. When I use 'The Rig,' my feet are firmly anchored. I lower myself horizontally just long enough to make a brush stroke - a matter of seconds - and then I'm upright again. My assistant then erases the painting quickly with a squeegee and I go for it again... until I get it right. It's like trying to hit a home run.” TryingLongSometimesMatterEnoughUseHomeRunningFeetPaintingTablesSecondsCanvasStrokesBrushesEraseAssistantsHome RunMethodologyRigsBrush Strokes Author:James Nares
“Wine is a sensual pleasure. Its real value is when it splashes into the glass. It is not in the category of a Degas painting. The point is not for people to go to their cellar and stroke their bottles.” PeopleRealValuesPleasurePaintingWineGlassesSensualBottlesCategoriesStrokesCellarsReal ValueSensual PleasureDegas Author:Serena Sutcliffe
“One of Cezanne's unfinished paintings... appears to be a completed work even though only a few strokes of paint have been put down. My methods are similar... I expect each of my paintings to appear whole in every stage.” Has BeensWholeStagePaintingMethodPaintStrokesFinishingUnfinishedCezanneCompleted Work Author:Christopher Willard
“Everybody has a direct view of the person "behind" the art, so there is going to be a certain amount of awareness of who is making songs. But I like paintings where you can see the brush-strokes.” PersonsArtCertainSongViewsBehindsAwarenessPaintingAmountDirectStrokesBrushesBrush Strokes Author:Jeffrey Lewis