Monthly Archives: August 2013
No 84 Edgar Degas
“Drawing is not the same as form; it is a way of seeing form.” Edgar Degas
No 83 Darby Bannard
“Art is not ‘about’. Art is.” Darby Bannard
No 82 Paul Cezanne
“Art is harmony parallel with nature.” Paul Cezanne
No 81 Anthony Caro
“Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings, worked from it and transformed it, and that had led on to the next one and the next.” … Continue reading
No 80 Albrecht Durer
“If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.” Albrecht Durer
No 79 Alberto Giacometti
“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” Alberto Giacometti
No 78 Francis Bacon
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” Francis Bacon Despite the name of this blog, there will now be a hiatus as I will not have access to the interweb thingy for a few days. But, fear … Continue reading
No 77 Paul Strand
“The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.” Paul Strand
No 76 Banksy
“The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.” Banksy
No 75 Egon Schiele
“I do not deny that I have made drawings and watercolours of an erotic nature. But they are always works of art. Are there no artists who have done erotic pictures?” Egon Schiele This quote is for Rosie and Philippa.
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