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John F Carlson Quotes

To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows Picture Quote #1

We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that marks the contemplation of a work of art Picture Quote #1

Rest assured that if you work every day at your art, using the materials nearest at hand, you will gradually discover such beauty in them that they will fill you with happiness Picture Quote #1

It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student Picture Quote #1

If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original impression Picture Quote #1

The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require much digging to disclose them Picture Quote #1

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Too much reality in a picture is always a disappointment to the imaginative soul. We love suggestion and not hard facts Picture Quote #1

Trust your feelings entirely about colour, and then, even if you arrive at no infallible colour theory, you will at least have the credit of having your own colour sense Picture Quote #1

The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish between them, the stronger you were as a painter Picture Quote #1

We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs Picture Quote #1

The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell ‘how it happened’, nor could he repeat the feat at someone’s bidding Picture Quote #1

Reserve is strength; overstatement is weakness. No one cares to hear the singer’s topmost notes when the voice is ‘nigh onto breaking Picture Quote #1

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You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living things. A tree seldom if ever encroaches upon the liberty of another tree. It never wastes its growth in unnecessary twistings Picture Quote #1

It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student Picture Quote #1

The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require much digging to disclose them Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to paint from photos, make sure you’ve painted for at least ten years Picture Quote #1

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To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows (John F Carlson Quotes) We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that marks the contemplation of a work of art (John F Carlson Quotes) Rest assured that if you work every day at your art, using the materials nearest at hand, you will gradually discover such beauty in them that they will fill you with happiness (John F Carlson Quotes) It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student (John F Carlson Quotes) If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original impression (John F Carlson Quotes) The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require much digging to disclose them (John F Carlson Quotes) Too much reality in a picture is always a disappointment to the imaginative soul. We love suggestion and not hard facts (John F Carlson Quotes) Trust your feelings entirely about colour, and then, even if you arrive at no infallible colour theory, you will at least have the credit of having your own colour sense (John F Carlson Quotes) The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish between them, the stronger you were as a painter (John F Carlson Quotes) We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs (John F Carlson Quotes) The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell ‘how it happened’, nor could he repeat the feat at someone’s bidding (John F Carlson Quotes) Reserve is strength; overstatement is weakness. No one cares to hear the singer’s topmost notes when the voice is ‘nigh onto breaking (John F Carlson Quotes) You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living things. A tree seldom if ever encroaches upon the liberty of another tree. It never wastes its growth in unnecessary twistings (John F Carlson Quotes) It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student. (John F Carlson Quotes) The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require much digging to disclose them. (John F Carlson Quotes) If you’re going to paint from photos, make sure you’ve painted for at least ten years (John F Carlson Quotes)