“We artists can only go so far as the people can follow us. We are not alone, we are part of the system. We can take risks, but if you want to go to the peak of your consciousness, you may very well find yourself alone. Even if you know how to translate what you see, maybe only ten people will be able to understand what you tell. But, if you have faith in your vision, and retell it again and again, you will start noticing that, after a time, more people will begin to catch up with you.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantWellsMayAbleArtistConsciousnessVisionKnow HowRiskTenFinding YourselfHave FaithTranslateAgain And AgainNot AloneNoticing Author:Jean Giraud
“Progress in painting, there's no such thing! ...One day I went and changed the yellow on my palette. Well, the result was, I floundered for ten years!” YearsWellsResultsProgressChangedPaintingOne DayTenYellowPalette Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“There are ten commandments, right? Well, it's like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you're just about top of the class.” WellsClassMoralityTenEthicsEightCommandmentsExamTen CommandmentsMorality And Ethics Author:Mordecai Richler
“The great difficulty with large canvases is that they should by right be painted as fast as a sketch. By speed only can you gain an appearance of fleeting effect. But to paint a three yard canvas with the same dispatch as one of ten inches is well-nigh impossible.” ShouldWellsThreeImpossibleEffectsTenGainsDifficultyPaintAppearanceSpeedInchesCanvasYardsFleeting Author:Joaquin Sorolla