"To the artist, the forest is an asylum……" — John F. Carlson

"To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows."

— John F. Carlson

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24 Quotes by John F. Carlson

John F. Carlson has 24 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A picture is a work of art, not because it is 'modern,' nor because it is 'ancient,' but because it…
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could…
In the anxiety to get beautiful colour harmony do not exhaust all combinations on one canvas.
Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and…
We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful…
A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest…
The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a…
Rest assured that if you work every day at your art, using the materials nearest at hand, you will gradually…
It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from…
This art of conservation is strength, and makes the masterpiece a masterpiece. Otherwise, the man who simply brought all the…
If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original…
The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it…

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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