"When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive."

--

Luc Tuymans

#Art Quotes #Answers Quotes #Paint Quotes

“If im lucky, i will never have to see you again. Because if i do, that means we are at war, and id have to hurt you”
“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”

Source : Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin
“I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.”
“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget that music can be a source of hope, a reason to live.”

Source : Jeri Smith-Ready (2009). “Wicked Game”, p.256, Simon and Schuster
“I definitely want to show how beautiful the marathon can be. I am the opponent of all those who find the marathon bad: the psychologists, the physiologists, the doubters. I make the marathon beautiful for myself and for others. That's why I'm here.”
“Women think of being a man as a gift. It is a duty. Even making love can be a duty. A man has always got to get it up, and love isn't always enough.”
“My idea being that for the sublime and the beautiful and the interesting, you do not have to look far away. You have to know how to see.”
“Panic: A highly underrated capacity thanks to which individuals are able to indicate clearly that something is wrong.... Given their head, most humans panic with great dignity and imagination. This can be called democratic expression or practical common sense.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2002). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

You may also like:

Alex Katz
Artist
Chris Ofili
Painter
Chuck Close
Photographer
Elizabeth Peyton
Painter
Gerhard Richter
Visual Artist
Jeff Koons
Artist
Marlene Dumas
Artist
Peter Doig
Painter
Vija Celmins
Visual artist