"Do not be afraid that too much labour……" — John F. Carlson
"Do not be afraid that too much labour over the composition is going to kill the spontaneity. Those who absorb and digest their experiences are, of a sudden, mountains of strength and can produce pictures with spontaneous start and finish."
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John F. Carlson
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24 Quotes by John F. Carlson
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A picture is a work of art, not because it is 'modern,' nor because it is 'ancient,' but because it…
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The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could…
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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…
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We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful…
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A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest…
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The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a…
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Rest assured that if you work every day at your art, using the materials nearest at hand, you will gradually…
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It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from…
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This art of conservation is strength, and makes the masterpiece a masterpiece. Otherwise, the man who simply brought all the…
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If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original…
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The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it…
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
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It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.
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To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his…
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All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of…
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A good culture in a hospital can absorb and manage a few bad nurses, but once the culture becomes bad…
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I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff…
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I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so…
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We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it…
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That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution.
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be…
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