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- Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes.
- The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist.
- The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen does not alter…
- Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea.
- The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.
- An art critic is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art.
- O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see.
- A painting is what you make of it, besides which, 'Moon, Weeping' has a better ring to it than 'Paintbrush, Dripping.
- The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else.
- There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's discipline prevailed against his imagination.
- Art is an attempt to understand, yielding pleasure in the attempt whether or not we understand.
- An art critic is someone who hopes to see his ideas translated to canvas without having to learn how to paint.
- Every great artist raises art to a science, and every great scientist raises science to an art, hence we have Michelangelo's David and Einstein's Theory…
- There is always, in the fine arts, a physical interface between the artist's esthetic vision and the material result he seeks. The interface may be…
- There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.
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