“It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.” GivingFeelingsArtistWishPaintingPerceptionObservationAtmosphereRegister Author:Lucian Freud
“Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for?” NeedsShouldArtSoulMatterSpiritDesireArtistWishFailingPaintingNobleYour SoulHostKindredPainting Art Book:Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien Source: Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien
“It takes more time to rework a painting than it takes to fill in the canvas in the first place. I wish I could get them all right with the first coat like many of the old masters could, but seem destined to have to rework to make them even passable.” FirstsSeemsWishPaintingMastersMore TimeCanvasCoatsDestinedDissatisfactionRework Author:E. J. Hughes
“I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and how you were feeling and what your influences were... You are never going to feel that way again, so you can never repeat it.” WayFeelsMadeSometimesFeelingsWishInfluencePaintingSellsSellingRepeats Author:Peter Doig
“I shall not find a painting more beautiful because the artist has painted a hawthorn in the foreground, though I know of nothing more beautiful than the hawthorn, for I wish to remain sincere and because I know that the beauty of a painting does not depend on the things represented in it. I shall not collect images of hawthorn. I do not venerate hawthorn, I go to see and smell it.” KnowsDoeBeautifulArtistWishPaintingDependsSmellSincereForeground Author:Marcel Proust
“The time has passed for our sensations in painting to be whispered. We wish them in the future to sing and re-echo upon our canvasses in deafening and triumphant flourishes.” WishPaintingSensationsEchoesTriumphant Author:Umberto Boccioni
“I wish I felt energetic and could paint all the time, because there are so many paintings I'd like to do.” EnergyWishFeltPaintingPaintEnergetic Author:Wanda Koop
“There are quite a lot of people asking for a painting so I'm not able to fulfil all their wishes. And this gives me a lot of freedom, because if I cannot please them at all I don't have to start to try.” PeopleIfsGivingTryingAbleWishPaintingPleaseGive MeAsking Author:Norbert Bisky
“My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few people are interested in it. It's not revolutionary. Why keep wishing for it to be belligerent? I can't. Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.” PeopleThinkingWellsChildrenI CanPainThreeLostWishPaintingMessagesSeriesHorribleRevolutionaryFulfilledHorrible Life Author:Frida Kahlo
“We are not simply intellectual creatures. We wish to make love, to enjoy a gourmet dinner, to jog in the park, to cheer lustily at a ball game, to engage in spirited conversation with our friends, to play bridge or tennis, travel to exotic places, struggle with others to build a better world, and to enjoy the arts. The arts are so vital because they help to make life worth living. Music, poetry, literature, paintings, dance, and the theater are among our richest joys...The fine arts contribute immeasurably to the good life and that is why we cherish them.” WorldArtPlayHelpingJoyLiteratureGamesWishEnjoyStrugglePaintingFineConversationCreaturesIntellectualBallsTheaterDinnerBridgesParksTennisCherishCheerGood LifeMaking LoveWorth LivingExoticFine ArtsSpiritedLife Worth LivingBall GamesGourmetExotic Places Author:Paul Kurtz
“I wish I could play music. I think I get as closeas possible with the editing of the films. Over the years musichas been an even more important influence than-or as important as-film.There's no doubt about it. Painting, movement, dance, sculpture-it'sall in cinema.” ThinkingYearsImportantPlayFilmWishDoubtInfluenceMovementPaintingCinemaNo DoubtEditingSculpture Author:Martin Scorsese
“I remember I went to an exhibition somewhere and one of the artists, an Iranian lady, said, "I wish we had somewhere that our paintings would stay forever." So this idea came to me. I said, "She's right, we should have a place to keep them, and not only Iranian art works, but also of foreign artists."” ShouldArtSaidIdeasRememberArtistWishForeverPaintingShould HaveIranianExhibitions Author:Farah Diba
“I wish to have no status as a man. I am equally content to be a worm or a rat, and am only glad that I am not becuase they have such a rough time without the pleasure of painting.” MenWishPleasurePaintingGladRoughRatsWormsRough Times Author:Stanley Spencer
“So far as photography satisfied a wish, it satisfied a wish not confined to painters, but a human wish, intensifying since the Reformation, to escape subjectivity and metaphysical isolation - a wish for power to reach this world, having for so long tried, at last hopelessly, to manifest fidelity to another... Photography overcame subjectivity in a way undreamed of by painting, one which does not so much defeat the act of painting as escape it altogether: by automatism, by removing the human agent from the act of reproduction.” WorldWayHumansLongDoeLastsWishThis WorldPaintingPhotographyDefeatSatisfiedPainterAgentsIsolationManifestMetaphysicalConfinedFidelityReformationReproductionSubjectivity Author:Stanley Cavell
“I wish people would understand that comedy is an art form, and that the same thing that makes a Picasso painting is the same thing that gives Bill Cosby the ability to do an hour of comedy on his kids.” PeopleGivingArtKidsFormWishHoursAbilityComedyPaintingBills Author:Godfrey
“I have two writer daughters, and a psychoanalyst daughter, and a lawyer daughter, and they wish we didn't write, I'm sure, but we write. If we were a painting family, we would paint.” IfsWritingTwoWishPaintingDaughterPaintLawyer Author:Anne Roiphe
“I did make several trips to the very wonderful [Georgia] O'Keeffe museum. Besides the art (my favorite paintings are from her Pelvis series) my favorite thing about the museum is the architecture. I love how enormously tall the doors are - it is like going into a church. There is also something home-like about the layout of the museum. I wish I could live there!” ArtHomeWishChurchWonderfulDoorsPaintingSeriesMy FavoriteArchitectureTallMuseumsGeorgiaFavorites ThingsLayoutGeorgia O Keeffe Author:Liza Campbell