“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.” MenShouldSaidArtistAmbitionLengthBrushesExceed Author:Robert Breault
“Once as I sat painting, I became aware of a man's face hovering near me, moving closer and closer to the panel I was working on. When he spoke he said, 'That is a fantastic brush!” MenSaidFacesMovingAudiencePaintingFantasticSatSpokesBrushesHoveringMoving Closer Author:Robert Genn
“They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought.” SaidColorPaintingHugeSilentCriticsViolentGrayWrestlingOppressedStrokesSoberBrushesBrush Strokes Author:Antoni Tapies
“The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter.” SaidMatterFacesCertainMemoriesPaintingMaterialsFaultsPaintSpeedResistanceInterpretationCaptureGesturesBrushesMindlessInsistence Book:What Painting Is Source: What Painting Is