Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever been mixed in paint. — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
I had always made pictures as I thought I saw the world, focusing on what lay in front, but this is not how one sees the world. It only frames the centre and cuts off the lateral vision, which lies… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
All that is happening in art is part of a process of exploration and discovery. I hope to live for a few more years… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
There is my love... of the young artists of my country who can carry on the dreams and ideals into the future. — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
An aged painter cannot help but accept the fact that his work belongs in the past. Younger painters have leaped into the phenomenon called… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
Art is a celebration of life, intended by the artist to put the spectator in touch with the divine. — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
All paintings start with concept, which is another word for image or imagination. The mistake is to isolate the concept as if the idea… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
My zest for exhibition has over a long career become increasingly a mania. The ecstasy I feel as I survey work I have done… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
The art of painting is entering a new golden age. It is in no danger of becoming obsolete. — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
Sometimes, at a certain point, the painting seems to have painted itself without my help - what I have called the 'eureka' moment when… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
I had always made pictures as I thought I saw the world, focusing on what lay in front, but this is not how one… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
