"The muddy moods of oil paints are the painter's muddy humors, and its brilliant transformations are the painter's unexpected discoveries."

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Source : James Elkins (2004). “What Painting Is”, p.5, Routledge

James Elkins

#Discovery Quotes #Oil Quotes #Unexpected Quotes

“An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy).”
“Travelling, gentlemen, is medieval, today we have means of communication, not to speak of tomorrow and the day after, means of communication that bring the world into our homes, to travel from one place to another is atavistic.”
“You already have one asshole, you don't need another one”
“I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.”
“All the pathos and irony of leaving oneâ€™s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel”
“We're affable guys in They Might Be Giants. We're not gonna do the periscope-down thing, but it's a little bit mind-bending. The biggest struggle is trying to figure out a way to back up far enough in your answer that it can be read without the context of the question. Every declarative statement you see that comes out of an interview with somebody is actually in response to a question. So it's sort of like this very real interpersonal dance where one of the people involved is invisible.”

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“When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn't like that at all. It may be more difficult now, and take longer than when I started to write, but there's a great, empty warehouse out there looking for simple talent.”
“You're always going to make mistakes. That's life. You just want to grow from them and try to make as few as possible. That's why you do reach out and ask people for help, where needed.”

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