Leon Kossoff famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

That's what all painting is about, itâ€s space and light occupied by human presences.
-- Leon Kossoff

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My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints, but friends and relations who have lived, and faced death, in the light of the Resurrection story, or in the quiet acceptance that they have a future after they die.
The purely righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.
When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.
The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. So what can be said about it?
I always knew I was going to die in space.
I always think back to the original movies and to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and there are the two suns setting. It is the equivalent, basically, of a farm boy dying to get out of his small town and do something bigger. It's those kinds of universal themes that ground this whole thing in space.
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.
When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
I always start a painting with the sky.

Leon Kossoff famous quotes

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