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I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think read more
I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.