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Painting Quotes

Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture Picture Quote #1

I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck, and doing commercials and documentaries Picture Quote #1

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation Picture Quote #1

Now why should the cinema follow the forms of theater and painting rather than the methodology of language, which allows wholly new concepts of ideas to arise from the combination of two concrete denotations of two concrete objects? Picture Quote #1

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem Picture Quote #1

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn’t worth much any more Picture Quote #1

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I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I’ve actually been painting longer than I’ve been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself Picture Quote #1

I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior end of art. For me, to use someone doing something not native to them would be wrong Picture Quote #1

Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin Picture Quote #1

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him Picture Quote #1

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don’t always find the time to do much these days Picture Quote #1

I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite Picture Quote #1

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Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add Picture Quote #1

Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That’s the only way we can talk about paintings in this century Picture Quote #1

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don’t know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? Picture Quote #1

Look at any inspired painting. It’s like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation Picture Quote #1

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see Picture Quote #1

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again Picture Quote #1

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The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at all. It is an illusion, a piece of magic, so that what you see is not what you see Picture Quote #1

God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It’s a way of expressing our humanity Picture Quote #1

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object Picture Quote #1

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else Picture Quote #1

My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature Picture Quote #1

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it Picture Quote #1

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My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature Picture Quote #1

Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature’s phenomena before it can again become great Picture Quote #1

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting Picture Quote #1

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don’t ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure Picture Quote #1

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees Picture Quote #1

When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die Picture Quote #1

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Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture (Painting Quotes) I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck, and doing commercials and documentaries (Painting Quotes) No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation (Painting Quotes) Now why should the cinema follow the forms of theater and painting rather than the methodology of language, which allows wholly new concepts of ideas to arise from the combination of two concrete denotations of two concrete objects? (Painting Quotes) The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem (Painting Quotes) Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn’t worth much any more (Painting Quotes) I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I’ve actually been painting longer than I’ve been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself (Painting Quotes) I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior end of art. For me, to use someone doing something not native to them would be wrong (Painting Quotes) Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin (Painting Quotes) The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him (Painting Quotes) I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don’t always find the time to do much these days (Painting Quotes) I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite (Painting Quotes) Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add (Painting Quotes) Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That’s the only way we can talk about paintings in this century (Painting Quotes) In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don’t know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? (Painting Quotes) Look at any inspired painting. It’s like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation (Painting Quotes) Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see (Painting Quotes) Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again (Painting Quotes) The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at all. It is an illusion, a piece of magic, so that what you see is not what you see (Painting Quotes) God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It’s a way of expressing our humanity (Painting Quotes) A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object (Painting Quotes) When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else (Painting Quotes) My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature (Painting Quotes) I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it (Painting Quotes) My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature (Painting Quotes) Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature’s phenomena before it can again become great (Painting Quotes) The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting (Painting Quotes) My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don’t ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure (Painting Quotes) Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees (Painting Quotes) When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die (Painting Quotes)

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