“A Test match is like a painting. A one day match is like a Rolf Harris painting.” PaintingOne DayTests Author:Ian Chappell
“I don't want dead paint, so I test many of my works by studying them in a dark room at twilight or even after dark to check the luminosity. If the darker forms still have resonance and luminosity, I know the painting's working.” IfsKnowsWantStillsLightFormDarkRoomsStudyPaintingTestsPaintChecksTwilightResonanceDark Room Author:Will Barnet
“Cursed in earth and subdued by death, man found himself beset by time, and his instincts put to the test. Only then, he realized that with love he could survive, and that for a certain purpose he would toil. For those whom my love can not immune from death, are dedicated these paintings, in the hope they may express in drawing the reality of a resonant mind.” MenMindMayRealityEarthPurposeCertainFoundPaintingSurvivalTestsInstinctDrawingDedicatedCan NotToilImmuneCursed Author:Ala Bashir
“Painting is... a correspondence between what you are and what you see. It's a moment when something is holding together in such a way that it is a universe in itself... Within this is a test and also a judgment upon yourself, your capabilities, your promises, and the part that you play in the world. And nobody else can test that for you. Certainly not the Museum of Modern Art.” WorldWayArtPlayMomentsTogetherUniverseModernPaintingPromiseJudgmentTestsMuseumsCapabilityModernismCorrespondenceModern Art Author:Milton Resnick
“For me, at some point, the idea of struggling through the process was not as interesting as doing tests and executing the painting after I figured out all of its elements and how they were going to work together.” IdeasTogetherProcessInterestingStrugglePaintingElementsTestsWorking TogetherGoing To WorkExecuting Author:Laura Owens
“The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: do the painter's emotions come across?” EmotionMinesPaintingTestsFinalsPainter Author:Franz Kline