“What I so like about Poussin and Cezanne is their sense of organization. Ilike the way in which they develop space and shape in architecturalcontinuity - the rhythm across their paintings. When I paint a landscape, Iget the greatest pleasure out of composing it. As I paint, I try to work outa visual sonata form or a fugue, with realistic images.” WayTryingFormSpacePleasurePaintingShapesOrganizationPaintWork OutRhythmLandscapeVisualsRealisticComposingGreatest PleasuresFugueSonatasCezanne Author:Ian Hornak
“A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those colors.” FeelsTryingWellsCharacterShowsHappensVoiceFiguresColorTvsFitHorrorPaintSuspenseFrustrationDreadTv ShowsAnger And Fear Author:M. Night Shyamalan
“A heightened sense of the observation of nature is one of the chief delights that have come to me through trying to paint.” TryingPaintDelightObservationChiefs Book:Churchill on men and events: a selection from Source: Churchill on men and events: a selection from
“Seeing that I am so busily occupied with myself just now, I want to try to paint my self-portrait in writing.” WantWritingTryingSelfSeeingPaintPortraitsSelf Portrait Book:Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)
“Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.” TryingLooksEnoughWaterClearWonderfulPaintBottomInsaneGrassApplicationClear Water Author:Claude Monet
“Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.” PeopleTryingStyleClaimsSellsPaintAgentsCopiesRepresentativesPublishersExclusivePlagiarism Author:LeRoy Neiman
“Take your brush here and there like a bee in an alpine meadow. In other words, don't laboriously work on or try to finish off one particular part. Paint promiscuously.” TryingParticularPaintBeesBrushesHere And ThereMeadowsMethodologyAlpine Author:Robert Genn
“No one would have the courage to walk up to a writer and ask to look at the last few pages of his manuscript, but they feel perfectly comfortable staring over an artist's shoulder while he is trying to paint.” FeelsTryingLooksLastsArtistAsksWalksComfortablePagesPaintShouldersStaringManuscripts Author:Robert Genn
“Scan your subject for things that are clearly impossible. After all, paint isn't magic! If you see that certain elements in the subject are beyond the limits of your pigments, try to form an idea beforehand of how you are going to handle those areas when you get to them.” IfsTryingIdeasFormCertainImpossibleMagicSubjectsLimitsElementsAreasPaintHandlePigment Author:Richard Schmid
“I'm not just interested in the pictorial aspects of the landscape - see a pretty place and try to paint it - but in some way to manage it, manipulate it, or see what I can turn it into.” WayTryingI CanTurnsAspectPaintManageLandscapeManipulationManipulatePictorialPretty Places Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“One of the main reasons I paint is because I think nature is so wonderful. I want to try to get my feelings of that down on canvas, if possible.” IfsThinkingWantTryingReasonFeelingsWonderWonderfulPaintCanvas Author:E. J. Hughes
“If you follow the process of a thought - any thought, not just about art - the thought changes. It has to do with what you can hold in your memory and what you lose. That's an interesting thing to try to paint.” IfsTryingArtProcessLosesMemoriesInterestingPaintInteresting ThingsOur Memories Author:Ross Bleckner
“The painter tries to catch the magic of the lights and shadows and passing graces of the human face he paints, but he never wholly succeeds in overtaking the reality.” TryingHumansRealityLightFacesGraceMagicSucceedShadowPaintPassingPassingsPainterHuman FacesLight And ShadowOvertaking Author:John Edgar Park