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Jamie Wyeth Quotes

Painting is such an individual profession. I’m not performing. There’s no audience Picture Quote #1

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease Picture Quote #1

My father’s work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather’s is robust, bursting off the walls Picture Quote #1

My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather’s old house and even wore some of his clothes Picture Quote #1

I’m not just interested in fascinating faces or trees. I want to bore in deeper Picture Quote #1

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I view anything on this farm as model. I actually painted Union Rags as a yearling Picture Quote #1

I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It’s a microcosm Picture Quote #1

I mostly paint animals I’m familiar with, but I did a series of paintings of ravens, so I read everything about them Picture Quote #1

I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner’s in each house. I read those books all the time Picture Quote #1

Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject Picture Quote #1

Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can’t get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way Picture Quote #1

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I’m an odd portrait painter in that I’m not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits Picture Quote #1

When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are... It then becomes more than just physiognomy, but the feel of the person Picture Quote #1

The danger, I find, is that you can become too formulaic, like some commissioned portrait painters who develop a methodology Picture Quote #1

Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when things do start clicking, but that doesn’t happen a lot. I really have to push myself sometimes. Painting is a profession in which it is very easy to be lazy, particularly if you have any degree of success Picture Quote #1

Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It’s not that relaxing. But that’s the discipline Picture Quote #1

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Painting is such an individual profession. I’m not performing. There’s no audience (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) My father’s work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather’s is robust, bursting off the walls (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather’s old house and even wore some of his clothes (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) I’m not just interested in fascinating faces or trees. I want to bore in deeper (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) I view anything on this farm as model. I actually painted Union Rags as a yearling (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It’s a microcosm (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) I mostly paint animals I’m familiar with, but I did a series of paintings of ravens, so I read everything about them (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner’s in each house. I read those books all the time (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can’t get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) I’m an odd portrait painter in that I’m not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are... It then becomes more than just physiognomy, but the feel of the person (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) The danger, I find, is that you can become too formulaic, like some commissioned portrait painters who develop a methodology (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when things do start clicking, but that doesn’t happen a lot. I really have to push myself sometimes. Painting is a profession in which it is very easy to be lazy, particularly if you have any degree of success (Jamie Wyeth Quotes) Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It’s not that relaxing. But that’s the discipline (Jamie Wyeth Quotes)

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