Franklin D. Roosevelt says, “Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.”
Isn’t it nice to realize that we don’t all have to travel to Paris or back in time to the age of Impressionism to make art? […]
Philip Guston says, “I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over. I come into the studio very fearfully, I creep in to see what happened the night before. And the feeling is one of, “My God, did I do that?”.”
With all the studio renovations […]
Ray Man says, “I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.”
I thought it was funny that I came across this particular quote this week, […]
The other day, I was talking to a store owner. She mentioned that since art isn’t essential, she’ll have a hard time of it if the US goes into a recession. I know what she meant - that people just wouldn’t have enough money to buy art, but it made me think. Is art essential? […]
Martha Graham says, “No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.”
I do believe she’s right. Artists tend to create a future trend with color palettes, images, etc. By the time the rest of the world catches up, they have moved on to something […]
Picasso says, “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”
How true! I know I’ve been inspired to create a piece of art from something from nature, an overheard piece of […]
Willa Cather says, “Every artist knows that there is no such thing as “freedom” in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the barriers and limitations; he decides upon a certain composition, a certain key, a certain relation of creatures or objects to each other.”
I […]
Painters have blue periods, red phases… Exactly how much does color matter? Claude Monet says, “Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” For him, it means a lot.
I find myself using the same two or three colors over and over. I am drawn to greens and blues and I have to force myself […]
I thought I was done talking about originality for awhile, but I couldn’t resist this quote by Salvador Dali: “The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.”
Hmm. It makes me want to avoid ever making a […]
Clement Greenberg says, “All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.”
Thinking back to the very first time I saw different techniques and styles, I have to say that he’s probably right. However, I don’t think we should try to make ugly things to be original. I’m positive that the artist didn’t think his or her […]
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