Artist Quote by Winston Churchill

The most important thing for me is the direct observation of nature in its light-filled existence.

— August Macke

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this…

— Denis Diderot

... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle.…

— Winston Churchill

“What if insanity is just a heightened sense of perception?”

— Ania Ahlborn

Fling yourself at life and let yourself feel what you do feel upon the very tick of the second; snatch the images of life…

— Mina Loy

The blues are just a heightened sense of awareness of life's ups and downs, and things that a guy sees after a couple hits…

— Steven Tyler

paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness

— John Lennon

A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.

— Honore de Balzac

The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

— Henry Moore

We have three approaches at our disposal: the observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation serves to assemble the data, reflection to synthesise them…

— John Dewey

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by…

— Henry Moore

“The belief that science proceeds from observation to theory is still so widely and so firmly held that my denial of it is often…

— Karl R. Popper

“You’re trying to paint things as either black or white,” he said. “As either good or evil. It’s never that neat.”

— Diane Chamberlain

I'm painting an idea not an ideal. Basically I'm trying to paint a structured painting full of controlled, and therefore potent, emotion.

— Euan Uglow