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The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.
You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.