Arthur Lismer famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It is necessary that... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds...
-- Arthur Lismer

#Art #Believe #Deeds
Jackson is the most consummate sketcher I have ever known. These little panels, handy on the trail, could be handled as easily as an expert marksman uses a quiver full of arrows.
-- Arthur Lismer

#Arrows #Experts #Use
Thomson sought the wilderness, never seeking to tame it, but only to draw from it, its magic of tangle and season.
-- Arthur Lismer

#Nature #Magic #Wilderness
Don't paint the apple; paint the red.
-- Arthur Lismer

#Apples #Red #Paint
Turning points in my life... the bush, the trails, lakes, waterfalls... moving camp from one wonderful lake to another... the companionship of a great individual, a wonder with canoe, axe and fish line.
-- Arthur Lismer

#Moving #Lakes #Lines
Imagine a glorious full moon coming over the tops of the spruce, big and yellow, shedding a mysterious light on everything... the moonlight had colour, you could see to paint and be able to appreciate the colour of things.
-- Arthur Lismer

#Moon #Yellow #Light

Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered: amaze us, scare us or delight us, but certainly open us to new worlds within our daily existence.
We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs.
To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesnâ€™t think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core is very old tradition in art: naturalism. And its purpose is to document all facets of social relationships.
Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is
I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds
The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.
My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence... Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions? Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out!
God's own hand Holds fast all issues of our deeds: with him The end of all our ends is, but with us Our ends are, just or unjust: though our works Find righteous or unrighteous judgment, this At least is ours, to make them righteous.

Arthur Lismer famous quotes

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