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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink read more
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
From the shore.. one looks
upward to the sanddune grass..
10,000
green brushes attempting
where they laid
to paint read more
From the shore.. one looks
upward to the sanddune grass..
10,000
green brushes attempting
where they laid
to paint the blue sky
jade.
Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words.
Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words.
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith read more
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to read more
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.
You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a read more
You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a canvas - a piece of film - or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something - that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.