“I myself believe that there is in every painter's life a period of making absurdities. In my case I think that period is already long past.” ThinkingBelieveLongPastCasesProgressPeriodsPainterAbsurdity Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“The things I felt... about certain painters of the past that... inspired me, like Cezanne and Manet... that complete losing of oneself in the work to such an extent that the work itself... felt as if a living organism was posited there on the canvas, on this surface... That's truly... the act of creation.” IfsPastCertainFeltCreationMastersLosingInspiredOneselfSurfacePainterCanvasOrganismsLiving OrganismsCezanne Author:Philip Guston
“If you look into the past of the successful painter you will find square miles of canvas behind him.” IfsLooksPastSuccessBehindsSuccessfulMilesPainterSquaresCanvas Book:Charles Webster Hawthorne Source: Charles Webster Hawthorne
“An aged painter cannot help but accept the fact that his work belongs in the past. Younger painters have leaped into the phenomenon called contemporary, where it would be foolish of me to try to enter. But I can claim my own phenomenon.” TryingI CanFactsHelpingWould BePastMy OwnAcceptingClaimsFoolishContemporaryPainterPhenomenon Author:Joseph Plaskett
“To me there is no past or future in my art. If a work of art cannot live always in the present it must not be considered at all. The art of the Greeks, of the Egyptians, of the great painters who lived in other times, is not an art of the past; perhaps it is more alive today than it ever was.” IfsArtTodayPastAlivePainterGreekWorks Of ArtLive For Today Book:Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections Source: Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections