Quotes for Artists
"All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely
action."
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and
hands, and then work outward from there."
"One of the great joys of being a painter is the pleasure of being so intimately
connected with [the tradition of art]. . . I mean, the longer you work,
the more you appreciate what those marvelous painters did, and how damned
good they are. And it's a little bit of a paradox. You think, I think I'll
give up right now - I've seen the Vermeer show. But, he's a human being like
us, and, by God, you can just keep going! "
"If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye
of the world. "
"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there
is room for paradoxes."
"Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of violets,
and to drag in the idea of a point is to ruin everything."
"Few people have the imagination for reality."
"Love comes in at the eyes and subdues the body. An army with banners."
"What is erotic? The acrobatic play of the imagination. The sea of memories
in which we bathe. The way we caress and worship things with our eyes. Our
willingness to be stirred by the sight of the voluptuous. What is erotic
is our passion for the liveliness of life."
"The notion of following your passion is worth indulging. Your passion is
your source of power. To lead a really full life, you need to follow where
it leads . . . in defiance of all things conventional, perhaps. And of course
it is at a price. You have to know that going in. But the price you pay,
in my opinion, is not even worth the time of day to think about. .
."
"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and
gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day,
for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered
fire."
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