“The painter goes through states of fullness and evaluation. That is the whole secret of art.” ArtStatesWholeSecretSatisfactionPainterFullnessEvaluation Book:Picasso on art: a selection of views Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views
“Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.” FeelsWholeHumanityOrderActorsTalentPoetWasteMusicianObligationPainterArtisticPerceiveVocationNeighbourSculptors Author:Pope John Paul II
“Speaking, when you have something to say, is like looking. But who looks? If people could see properly, and see whole, they would all be painters. And it's because people have no idea how to look that they hardly ever understand.” PeopleIfsLooksIdeasWholePainterNo Idea Author:Pierre Bonnard
“The chief consideration for a good painter is to think out the whole of his picture, to have it in his head as a whole... so that he may then execute it with warmth and as if the entire thing were done at the same time.” IfsThinkingMayDoneWholePainterChiefsConsiderationWarmth Author:Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
“Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be holistic. It should represent the whole of your personality, I guess, so if somebody is a sincere painter or an ironic painter, then they're just bullshitting the audience and presenting only an idealized version of themselves.” IfsWantShouldWholeAudiencePaintingPersonalityVersionsPainterSincereIronicDragEarnestPresentingHolistic Author:Joe Bradley
“There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself; it revolved around words like 'tortured', 'struggle'. 'pain'.. .I could never see these qualities in paint - I could see them in life and art that illustrates life. But I could not see such conflicts in the materials and I knew that it had to be in the attitude of the painter.” ArtWholePainLanguageAttitudeQualityStruggleMaterialsConflictFunctionPaintPainter Author:Robert Rauschenberg
“Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts.” ThinkingWholeTermPerspectivePainterAbstract Author:Joshua L. Goldberg