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A picture is a work of art, not because it is 'modern,' nor because it is 'ancient,' but because it is a…
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The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat…
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In the anxiety to get beautiful colour harmony do not exhaust all combinations on one canvas.
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Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not 'red,…
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We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence…
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A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily…
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The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface -…
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Rest assured that if you work every day at your art, using the materials nearest at hand, you will gradually discover such…
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It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art…
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This art of conservation is strength, and makes the masterpiece a masterpiece. Otherwise, the man who simply brought all the different colors…
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If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original impression.
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The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require…
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Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.
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It was a long time ago, we were in the office, and we had finished work exhausted. A friend of a friend…
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A piece of art is never a finished work. It answers a question which has been asked, and asks a new question.
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We attempted perfection; we wanted an object to be without flaw, so we cut the papers with a razor, pasted them down…
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Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.
— Bruno Tonioli
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Tips for aspiring writers: don't be afraid of writing rubbish. It's very easy to become hypnotised by an empty page or screen.…
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When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation…
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