Richard Schmid Quotes

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• Somewhere within all of us is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a part that has…
• Underlying all your choices, particularly subject matter and the way you represent it, should be your own personal scruples, the standards and rules that you…
• Never knowingly leave anything wrong on your canvas.
• When we are bursting with some wordless experience, Art is our voice, the song of the heart.
• Make your art a gift of inspiration to others to work toward better things.
• Talent, don't bother about wether or not you have it. Just assume that you do, and forget about it. Talent is a word we use…
• I honestly believe students of painting in the next century will laugh at the abstract art movement. They will marvel at such a drawn-out regression…
• What sets you apart from the rest of humanity is your ability to give visual form to an idea - the skill to transform it…
• Whenever I can, I paint the powerful and obvious things in my subject first.
• There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture unfolded,…
• It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer before…
• Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.
• The strength and clarity of the picture you envision at the start will tell you when you are done. You are finished when you have…
• Be flexible - the order in which you introduce the elements of a painting should not be a rigid system. What worked last time may…
• My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital counterbalance to our…
• Scan your subject for things that are clearly impossible. After all, paint isn't magic! If you see that certain elements in the subject are beyond…
• All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult.
• How often have we all come to that crucial point in a painting where it is practically 'begging' us to stop before we ruin it?…
• Use lots of paint and don't worry, they will make more...
• Paint like a pig eats.

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