Robert Bateman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience.
-- Robert Bateman

#Skills #Paint #Strokes
I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth. And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I want to soak it up, to understand it as well as I can, and to absorb it. And then I'd like to put it together and express it in my paintings. This is the way I want to dedicate my work.
-- Robert Bateman

#Together #World #Earth
I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.
-- Robert Bateman

#Worry #Sitting #Helping
Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.
-- Robert Bateman

#Nature #Lunch #Treats
I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get free field trips into the wilderness to paint.
-- Robert Bateman

#Teacher #Art #Jobs
The most important question facing the planet is: Is it worth it?
-- Robert Bateman

#Important #Planets #Worth It
I prefer to hike in nature, give lectures, or be with family when not working.
-- Robert Bateman

#Giving #Relaxation #Lectures
You begin paying more attention to what you're seeing when you know the names... If you don't know the names of plant and animal species that share your neighbourhood, you don't care about them and can't protect biodiversity.
-- Robert Bateman

#Animal #Names #Attention
After being an Impressionist, Cubist, and an Abstract Expressionist, I was influenced by realistic artists, including Andrew Wyeth in the late '50s, and I haven't changed my style since.
-- Robert Bateman

#Artist #Style #Realistic
A muse comes down from Mount Olympus and changes my attitude, cheering me up - it's an inner intuition, suddenly giving a breakthrough to be able to move ahead.
-- Robert Bateman

#Attitude #Cheer #Moving
If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion will do... Nature is magic.
-- Robert Bateman

#Worry #Tree #Finding Yourself
Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore the health.
-- Robert Bateman

#Taken #Important #Spirit
Art is challenging and frustrating but I don't linger in it. I work on five paintings at a time so if I'm frustrated I put one down and begin another.
-- Robert Bateman

#Art #Frustration #Challenges
My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled, and by Canadian Haida pieces. My own art is either on exhibition or owned by other people!
-- Robert Bateman

#Art #School #People
In art and science we are now in a delta, at the end of the long flow of progress. In a delta there is no clear direction but there may be many choices. The best we can do is to enjoy the choices that we have and to be genuinely and creatively eclectic.
-- Robert Bateman

#Art #Long #Choices
Children don't play outside enough. For hundreds of thousands of years young people spent time outside - until 15 years ago.
-- Robert Bateman

#Children #Years #Play
I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.
-- Robert Bateman

#Giving Up #Ambition #People
When you get to be my age, you begin to count how many Mays you have left - the best time of year for flowers and birds in North America.
-- Robert Bateman

#Flower #America #Years
I take two walks up hills each day, and bike ride each morning. I also have an exercise bike to increase my heart rate. My wife and I have been going to a personal trainer for weights and balance twice a week for 10 years. My balance has improved tremendously and the weights decrease my age. I only feel 52, not 82.
-- Robert Bateman

#Morning #Heart #Exercise
If I ever have a conflict between art and nature, I let art win.
-- Robert Bateman

#Art #Winning #Conflict

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