“Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light.” MatterLightAsksSubjectsPaintingFellowsCriticsDearSubject Matter Author:Claude Monet
“Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the magical equation.” DoeMatterSuccessfulSubjectsPaintingDetermineInterpretationEquationsSubject Matter Author:Robert Reynolds
“As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me.” MatterSubjectsPaintingBackgroundsSubject MatterElusiveUnclear Book:William Baziotes: A Retrospective Exhibition : an Exhibition Source: William Baziotes: A Retrospective Exhibition : an Exhibition
“I don't think it's necessary for artists to have any formal training in painting or art history, but I do think it's essential to continually experiment with different subject matter, types of paint and methods of painting.” ThinkingArtDifferentMatterArtistSubjectsPaintingTypeEssentialsTrainingMethodPaintExperimentsFormalSubject MatterArt HistoryDifferent Subjects Author:Ron Parker
“Content is more than 'subject matter.' It is all the feelings and ideas you bring to your painting.” IdeasMatterFeelingsSubjectsPaintingSubject Matter Author:Rene Huyghe
“As much as I love performing, nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period. Songs, ideas, even paintings are pouring out of me. My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.” IdeasMatterInspirationSongMy OwnSubjectsPaintingPeriodsStudiosPerformingUsualJuiceSubject MatterPouring Author:Adrian Belew
“So many people seem to prefer my silver-screenings of movie stars to the rest of my work. It must be the subject matter that attracts them, because my death and violence paintings are just as good.” PeopleMatterSeemsStarsViolenceSubjectsPaintingSilverWorking ItMovie StarSubject MatterScreening Author:Andy Warhol
“Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort of physical space that the paintings occupy...like personages.” PeopleThinkingMatterMightCertainSpaceSubjectsPaintingInvolvedSubject Matter Author:Julian Schnabel