Sometimes, at a certain point, the painting seems to have painted itself without my help - what I have called the 'eureka' moment when a sudden daring intervention has worked a miracle. — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive. Almost every day I live in a state of exaltation. The art of painting is to me sacred. It is central to all… — 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
