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“On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several.”

Painting Instruments Tone

Author:Paul Gauguin

“It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality.”

Littles Would Be Voice Teaching Style Painting Personality Tone Imitation

Book:The Shape of Content

Source: The Shape of Content

“I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.”

Trying Has Beens Night Bits Painting Scene Oil Tone Mistaken Lighters

Author:E. J. Hughes

“If you have used colour throughout most of your artistic life, try just black and white... it will take your painting to another dimension where tone and form in all its permutations reign supreme.”

Ifs Trying Form Used Black White Painting Supreme Artistic Tone Colour Dimensions Black And White Reign Artistic Life

Author:David Luiz

“What I do I am driven to do. I follow the dictates of a looming and unseen force. I try to become like a musical instrument, intruding no sound of its own but bringing forth such tones as are played upon it by a master's hand.”

Trying Hands Force Sound Painting Masters Instruments Musical Driven Tone Unseen Musical Instruments Looming Unseen Forces

Author:Arnold Friberg

“Poetry and painting continue to be companions: they cast their shadow and light, their silences and tones, at the edges of each other.”

Light Silence Painting Shadow Casts Edges Tone Companion

Author:Pierre Coupey

“Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during the 1970s], so I hope I did all right. Otherwise, it could be the biggest embarrassment of my life. Also, the story is not linear, it's patchy, like a cubist painting, and there is always the possibility it will not hold together, it will fall apart. The tone is part satire, part serious drama, part tragedy, all mixed together, and it has to hit an emotional core. That's also very scary.”

People Mind Stories Together Fall Pieces Possibility Emotional Painting Serious Periods Drama Tragedy Scary Core Tone Satire Falling Apart Embarrassment Linear Taiwan

Author:Ang Lee

“The elements of a good story are most definitely details, little bitty details. That does it, especially when you're describing, when you're setting the scene and everything. It's like you're painting a picture, so details are very important. Also, the music gotta be right. The music can really set the tone for the story and let you know what the story is gonna be about, but definitely, it's the vibe in the place where you at and the detail.”

Knows Littles Doe Important Stories Painting Like You Scene Elements Details Setting Settings Tone Describing Good Story Painting A Picture

Author:Big Boi

“Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.”

Looks Important Past Too Much Painting Areas Tone Sparkle Focal Point Pastel

Author:Paul Murray

“The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly hamonized; it is true to life.”

Thinking Men Light Painting Fine Intellectual Tone Colour Shade Attainment True Life

Book:Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays

Source: Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays