T. Allen Lawson famous quotes

It benefits all artists to help one another - it raises the whole profession.
-- T. Allen Lawson

#Artist #Benefits #Helping

If everything that you do is for the market, it won't work.
-- T. Allen Lawson

#Commerce

If you know the differences between an oak and a poplar, a spruce and a pine, down to the needles... you are able to paint that tree with more conviction, even if done with a few broad strokes.
-- T. Allen Lawson

#Differences #Tree #Done

I've started to experiment [in the studio] with texturing the canvas, building up the surface with large brushes, palette knife or fingers. I want to say more in my art.
-- T. Allen Lawson

#Art #Knives #Want

The transition from painter to artist comes when you cross the line of painting what you see to painting what you feel about what you see.
-- T. Allen Lawson

#Artist #Transition #Lines

Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall. Unless something of the person that created the work is there, there's nothing for the viewer to take away.
-- T. Allen Lawson

#Art #Wall #Space

What you work hardest at, you love the most.
-- T. Allen Lawson

#Work #Hard Work #Hardest

What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the impressionistic technique I had developed was now ineffective, for visual impressions were not enough.

My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

Painting cannot be the only activity of a mature artist.

If we create networks with the sole intention of getting something, we won’t succeed. We can’t pursue the benefits of networks; the benefits ensue from investments in meaningful activities and relationships.

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.

One-time revenue spikes that aren't repeatable won't help you achieve consistent year-after-year growth.

I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn't likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.

Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you, but to help you realise your hidden potential and power, let difficulties know that you too are difficult.