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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved read more
Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.
I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the read more
I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to read more
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from read more
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink read more
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the read more
I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the fantasy.
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.