"There is in art the notion of less……" — Robert Breault
"There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed."
Related Quotes
- The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less. — Albert Camus
- The more minimal art, the more maximum the explaination. — Hilton Kramer
- The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation. — Hilton Kramer
- The closer and more completely you can come to explaining what a work of art means, the less like art… — Laura Miller
- More matter with less art. — William Shakespeare
- You will think less of the art, when you know the artist — George Bernard Shaw
- Less is more only when more is too much. — Frank Lloyd Wright
- Progress in art does not consist in reducing limitations, but in knowing them better. — Georges Braque
- People want Art. And they are given it. But the less Art there is in painting the more painting there… — Pablo Picasso
- The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it. — Al Jourgensen
759 Quotes by Robert Breault
Robert Breault has 759 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles.
- There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.
- If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.
- There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.
- Sometimes I sit up late with my thoughts, reluctant to fall asleep and leave my thoughts alone by themselves.
- One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.
- I've been looking over the list of spring chores I made up last fall, and darned if they aren't fall…
- Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden.
- If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.
- I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for…
- Time is a figure eight, at its center the city of Deja Vu.
- There would be a lot more optimists if it weren't for the rise-and-shine requierement.
More Already Confessed Quotes
This quote is filed under Already Confessed Quotes, one of 2 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
- You can't accuse me of anything I haven't already confessed to. — Keith Richards