“It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen.” EyeDesireInterestAttentionPaintingSensesMortalsVarietyRelaxationDecorationMonstrosity Author:Michelangelo
“As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but Nature's sources never fail. Like a generous host, she offers her brimming cups in endless variety, served in a grand hall, the sky its ceiling, the mountains its walls, decorated with glorious paintings and enlivened with bands of music ever playing.” AgeFailingSkyPaintingSourceWallOffersBandMountainEndlessCupsVarietyGenerousEnjoymentGloriousHallsHostCeilings Book:The American Wilderness: In the Words of John Muir Source: The American Wilderness: In the Words of John Muir
“With all its variety and liveliness, color acts in the work of art as blood does as it circulates through our bodies. Color is what keeps the painting alive and moving.” DoeArtBodyMovingAliveBloodMovementColorPaintingVarietyWorks Of Art Author:Joseph Raffael
“I spent much of my college life prepping for other careers, but I was always drawing and painting whenever I had free time. Eventually, thanks to the internet, I started noticing that there were such things as art schools, and professional artists, and people making a living doing a variety of types of art.” PeopleArtSchoolArtistCareersCollegePaintingTypeInternetDrawingThanksVarietyNoticingArt SchoolFree TimeCollege LifeMaking A LivingDrawing And Painting Author:Julie Dillon
“Most people don't realize the many steps that a pop-up goes through. There are a variety of "Dummies" (the sketch phase of the book). Then finally the pencil "dummy", then the finished art which is like painting pieces of a jig saw puzzle.” PeopleArtBookRealizingStepsSawsPiecesPaintingPopsFinishedVarietyPhasesPuzzlesPencilsDummy Author:Tomie dePaola
“Let the painter composing narrative pictures take pleasure in wealth and variety, and avoid repeating any part that occurs in it, so that the uniqueness and abundance attract people to it and delight the eye of the observer. I say that a narrative painting requires (depending on the scene), wherever the eye falls, a mixture of men of diverse appearances, of diverse ages and dress, combined together with women, children, dogs, horses, buildings, fields, and hills.” PeopleMenChildrenEyeAgeTogetherFallWealthPleasureDogFieldsBuildingPaintingSceneHorseDressesDelightAppearancePainterVarietyHillsNarrativeAbundanceDiverseUniquenessObserversMixturesComposing Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“The world is filled to suffocating. Man has placed his token on every stone. Every word, every image, is leased and mortgaged. We know that a picture is but a space in which a variety of images, none of them original, blend and clash.” KnowsMenWorldArtSpacePaintingPhotographyStonesOriginalsFilledPainterVarietyClashMortgageTokensSuffocatingLease Author:Sherrie Levine