"One must always draw, draw with the eyes,……" — Balthus
"One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil."
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12 Quotes by Balthus
Balthus has 12 quotes on this site.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.
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The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has…
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism,…
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Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I…
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I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave…
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I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more…
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
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The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let…
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness,…
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More Always Draw Quotes
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You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone…
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When making your ass, always draw the shape of Africa, or as Latrice would say, the homeland.
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You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I…
— William Morris Hunt
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What I used to do with a passion, foolishly and vainly imagining I would change the world for the better,…
— Ralph Steadman
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We can't always make life work. But we can always draw near to God. There is a different way to…
— Larry Crabb
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No one can ever take my job away from me. I can always draw as long as I have a…
— John Newman
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I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.
— Dolly Parton
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To hang on from day to day and from week to week, spinning out a present that had no future,…
— George Orwell
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken…
— Kacey Musgraves
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I know I can always draw, but I actually love the writing the most.
— Stephan Pastis
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Always draw a circle around the ones you love, never draw a heart because hearts can be broken, but circles…
— Ritu Ghatourey
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You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for…
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