“The painting is like a thread that runs through all the reasons for all the other things that make one's life.” ReasonRunningPaintingThread Book:An enduring spirit: the art of Georgia O'Keeffe Source: An enduring spirit: the art of Georgia O'Keeffe
“I have always found it a testament to the importance of painting that the first thing many people do when their home is on fire is to grab their paintings and then run out.” PeopleFirstsHomeRunningFoundFirePaintingImportanceTestament Author:Robert Genn
“As a young person, you have no fixed address, no studio, no money for materials, so I made things sort of on the run. That life doesn't favor the stability and spatial demands of painting.” PersonsMadeRunningYoungPaintingMaterialsDemandStudiosFavorsFixedAddressesStabilityNo MoneySpatial Author:David Salle
“We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way out We invented the Revolution but we don't know how to run it Look everyone wants to keep something from the past a souvenir of the old regime This man decides to keep a painting This one keeps his mistress He [ pointing ] keeps his garden He [ pointing ] keeps his estate He keeps his country house He keeps his factories This man couldn't part with his shipyards This one kept his army and that one keeps his king” KnowsMenWayWantLooksIdeasCountryRunningPastHouseKnow HowGenerationsPaintingRevolutionKingsGardenArmyFactoriesRegimesEstatesPointingMistressSouvenirsCountry Houses Author:Peter Weiss
“I was pretty impressed during the opening of one of my shows, when the five-year-old daughter of a well-known movie actress took a running jump at one of my paintings, like she was diving into a swimming pool. I preferred to treat her impulse as a compliment rather than insult. Sadly she hurt herself more than the painting.” YearsWellsChildrenShowsRunningHurtKnownFivePaintingDaughterTreatsActressesOpeningImpulseFive YearsInsultComplimentSwimmingPoolImpressedWell KnownDivingFive Year OldsSwimming Pool Author:James Nares
“It's true, I do sometimes suspend myself over the canvas, but mostly I work at a table when I'm making a painting. When I use 'The Rig,' my feet are firmly anchored. I lower myself horizontally just long enough to make a brush stroke - a matter of seconds - and then I'm upright again. My assistant then erases the painting quickly with a squeegee and I go for it again... until I get it right. It's like trying to hit a home run.” TryingLongSometimesMatterEnoughUseHomeRunningFeetPaintingTablesSecondsCanvasStrokesBrushesEraseAssistantsHome RunMethodologyRigsBrush Strokes Author:James Nares