“Painters paint outdoors, or in rooms full of people; they paint their lovers, alone, naked; they paint and eat; they paint and listen to the radio. It is a soothing way of doing your job.” PeopleWayJobsRoomsLoversPaintRadioNakedPainterSoothing Book:The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain Source: The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
“Lazy Line Painter Jane - it was an insane way to make a record! It was just in a church hall, no separate rooms for instruments, and a crappy digital desk, and I think it's fantastic. I think it's one of the best records we ever made. But if you actually said that to a professional recording engineer or producer they'd laugh at you.” IfsThinkingWayMadeSaidChurchLinesRoomsLaughingRecordsInstrumentsInsaneProducersPainterFantasticLazyDigitalHallsEngineersDesksJane Author:Stevie Jackson
“In the drawing room [of the Queen's palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid's foot between Venus's thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied "Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.” IfsShouldHandsBitsRoomsPiecesFeetFineFoolDrawingPainterQueensHungPalacesThighsVenusGuiseCupidObscenityConnoisseur Author:Horace Walpole
“The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can see the eyes follow you around the room.” IfsKnowsLooksEyeRoomsPainterDucks Author:Peter Cook