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“When art seems to be empty of meaning, as no doubt some of the abstract painting of our own day actually does seem, what the painting says, indeed what the artist is shrieking at the top of his voice, is that life has become empty of all rational content and coherence, and that, in times like these, is far from a meaningless statement.”

Doe Art Seems Artist Voice Doubt Painting Empty Statements Rational Abstract No Doubt Meaningless Coherence Abstract Painting Times Like These

Book:Art and Technics

Source: Art and Technics

“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

“Painting, like passion, is a living voice.”

Passion Voice Painting

Book:Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews

Source: Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews

“How often have we all come to that crucial point in a painting where it is practically 'begging' us to stop before we ruin it? We have all had that experience and we risk failure, or at the least mediocrity, if we ignore the voice in our art.”

Ifs Art Voice Risk Painting Listening Ruins Crucial Mediocrity Begging

Author:Richard Schmid

“Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.”

Passion Speak Voice Painting

Book:Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews

Source: Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews

“In your works, you have realized what I, albeit in uncertain form, have so greatly longed for in music. The independent progress through their own destinies, the independent life of the individual voices in your compositions, is exactly what I am trying to find in my painting.”

Trying Form Individual Voice Destiny Progress Painting Independent Composition Uncertain Independent Life

Author:Wassily Kandinsky

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

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Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“Before adolescence I had an incredible voice. Like when I was 12, 13, 14 - I was taking acting classes, I was painting, I was making music, I was taking photographs. I was kind of exploding creatively, and then something about adolescence really just ground that out of me.”

Kind Voice Acting Class Painting Incredibles Photograph Adolescence Exploding Acting Classes

Author:Lynn Shelton

“The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and sketching some of the sounds without obliterating my own voice.”

Trying Sound Voice My Own Painting Tricks Mask Accurate Accents Sketching

Author:Anthony Hopkins

“Writing is the painting of the voice.”

Writing Voice Painting

Book:A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French

Source: A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French

“Cinema informed my painting by the sheer geography - on locations, there is so much downtime. And when you're spending all this time creating art by committee, the concept of the singular voice is a pleasant antidote.”

Art Voice Painting Creating Concepts Spending Cinema Pleasant Sheer Committees Location Geography Antidote Creating Art Downtime

Author:Billy Zane