"Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever been mixed in paint."

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Source : "Painting by Addition". Essay by Joseph Plaskett, 1994.

Joseph Plaskett

#Eye Quotes #Way Quotes #Paint Quotes

“Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you.”
“Women tend to give political candidates only about 10 percent of what males give, and males give women candidates only 10 percent of what they give to males.”
“In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious”
“What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.”
“In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.”
“I'm interested in representation that falls outside of what would be socially appropriate, or acceptable, or beautiful. The world is going through a very fundamentalist moment. You have right-wing politics and misogyny and religion employed together everywhere - here in the US, with issues like abortion. Religion is a very fraught and complicated topic, but at the same time, like all grand historical narratives, there is a potential for challenging, or rethinking the kinds of subjectivities that these meta-narratives produce.”

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“If you think about movies that are adapted from books, they never feel like enough. There's always too much cut out in the end. You either make a five hour movie or you leave out stuff that should be in there.”

Source : "IGN Interview: Kidnapped's Jeremy Sisto and Will Denton". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. September 28, 2006.
“Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary.”

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