Able Quote by Thornton Willis

“Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do.

— Joni Mitchell

My work is an exploration of the self. I've always been concerned with how I'm living and how that reflects in the painting.

— Jose Parla

I am basically analytical, not creative; my writing is simply a creative way of handling analysis.

— Philip K. Dick

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

— Anita Brookner

The mental features discoursed of as the analytical, are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis. We appreciate them only in their effects. We…

— Edgar Allan Poe

I construct myself and do things how I want to do them, because your artistry is a very precious thing - it's ultimately your…

— Tash Sultana

With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.

— Paul Cezanne

Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'

— Peter Malkin

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about…

— Viggo Mortensen

Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always…

— Henri Matisse

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values

— Marshall B. Rosenberg