51 quotes found
“Do whatever you do intensely.”
“There is no art without contemplation.”
“Color is only beautiful when it means something.”
“Cherish your emotions and never undervalue them.”
“A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.”
“Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.”
“We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things go by.”
“In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist c...”
“The end will be what it will be. The object is intense living, fulfillment; the great happiness in creation.”
“I have no sympathy with the belief that art is the restricted province of those who paint, sculpt, make music and verse. I hope we will come to an understanding that the material used is only incid...”
“Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.”
“The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”
“All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.”
“Art is, after all, only a trace like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.”
“A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.”
“A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw.”
“Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.”
“A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.”
“Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are tremendously strong.”
“Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.”
“Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line w...”
“The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.”
