“The secret of many of my deformations - which many people do not understand - is that there is an interaction, an intereffect between the lines in a painting: one line attracts the other and at the point of maximum attraction the lines curve in toward the attracting point and form is altered.” PeopleFormLinesSecretPaintingAttractionInteractionCurvesMaximumAlteredOne LineBetween The Lines Author:Pablo Picasso
“My pictures had and have secret lives, and so there were things I did not tell, a lot of stuff I did not say back then which I'm saying now... I intend to continue allowing forms of secret life to paintings I'm working on right now because it excites me to do that.” FormStuffSecretPaintingRight NowAllowingSecret Life Author:R. B. Kitaj
“Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words; and in painting, as in all the arts and acts of life the secret of high success will be found, not in a fretful and various excellence, but in a quiet singleness of justly chosen aim.” ArtRememberFoundSecretGreaterPaintingQuietAimExcellenceVariousChosenFewerEloquenceSingleness Book:Precious Thoughts, Moral and Religious Source: Precious Thoughts, Moral and Religious
“the most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer.” MovingDesireNightLossSecretBeautyPaintingWallElementsLongingContemplationSunsetBuyers Book:Catherine Carter: A Novel Source: Catherine Carter: A Novel
“I never want to stop painting. I'm 94 now. What's my secret? I just keep thinking about the painting I'm going to do tomorrow.” ThinkingWantSecretPaintingTomorrow Author:Pierre Soulages