Artist Quote by Balthus Download Open image “Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.” — Balthus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artist Chaos Chaos Emotions Emotion Emotions Order Order Painting Painting Passage Passages
How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this. — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
“Let us paint depth, joy, and happiness onto the canvas of our lives, for it is a vital and gratifying endeavor. (Painting and Meditation)–” — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
It is now an accepted fact that the expression of emotion through painting... is a source of deep psychological satisfaction... It is a system… — Mervyn Levy Copy Share Image
Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful. — Sidney Nolan Copy Share Image
Painting, for me, is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real. — Richard Pousette-Dart Copy Share Image
Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed, at its aspect everyone may create romance at the will… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
Painting is the intermediate between a thought and a thing. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Painting is the intermediate somewhat between a thought and a thing. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Painting, to me, is a unique experience. Each work is a surprise and has its own personal and intuitive meaning. After brainstorming feelings and… — Fernando Araujo Perdomo Copy Share Image
I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more aware. I think I… — Balthus Copy Share Image
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at… — Balthus Copy Share Image
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. — Balthus Copy Share Image
The best way to begin is to say: 'Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look… — Balthus Copy Share Image
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. — Balthus Copy Share Image
The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look… — Balthus Copy Share Image
I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. — Balthus Copy Share Image
Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really. — Balthus Copy Share Image
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch… — Balthus Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Designers shouldn’t design for museums any more than mummies should die for them. — Ralph Caplan Copy Share Image
