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“Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.”

Use Understanding Hurt Knowing Painting Paint Appreciation Painter

Author:Jodie Foster

“People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.”

People Art Literature Understanding Painting Taste Theater Ignorant

Book:Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production

Source: Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production

“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.”

Ifs Way Doe Eye Choices Understanding Failing Subjects Mankind Creation Painting Poet Ears Satisfaction Wide Painter

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.”

Ifs Wells Might Understanding Painting Paint

Book:50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship

Source: 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship

“No-one who has a real understanding of the art of painting attaches any importance to what we call the subject of a picture - what is represented. To one who feels the language of pictorial form, all depends on how it is presented, nothing on what.”

Feels Art Real Form Language Understanding Subjects Painting Depends Importance Pictorial

Book:A Roger Fry Reader

Source: A Roger Fry Reader

“A fat lot of good it would do if I told you that Titian's courtesans make you want to caress them. Some day you'll see the Titians for yourself, and if they have no effect on you, then you don't understand the first thing about painting. And I wouldn't be able to help you.”

Ifs Want Firsts Helping Able Understanding Effects Painting Fats Caress Courtesans

Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir

“My goal is to make all my paintings clear and realistic, even more understandable than a photograph.”

Understanding Goal Clear Painting Photograph Realistic

Author:E. J. Hughes

“My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.”

Feels Understanding Painting Guilty

Author:Doris McCarthy

“Painting several comparative images is a profitable way to begin to understand the concept of content.”

Way Understanding Painting Concepts Profitable

Author:Gerald Brommer

“Don't worry, it's very clear that the painting was done by a human, most likely a human with one eye removed and a feverent if incorrect understanding of design and anatomy.”

Ifs Humans Done Eye Understanding Worry Clear Design Painting Anatomy

Author:Ryan North

“You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.”

Firsts Humans Eye Strong Understanding Views Painting Drama Scene First Time Reactions Behave Evoke Human Eyes

Author:Mike Svob