'There is no such thing as a good painting about nothing' - artists quotes
I thought today I'd share some of the artists quotes that particularly appeal to me - do you have any that really mean something to you? On attitude, content/meaning/concept of the work and skill: Cezanne : A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Lucian Freud: When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't. There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so. Francis Bacon: I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do. Mark Rothko: It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good ...