"My method is subtraction. I use erasers to make the images in my paintings. You really have to see it to fully get it, but it is basically erasing shapes from a background of paint."

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Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Floyd Cooper

#Use Quotes #Shapes Quotes #Painting Quotes

“Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.”
“I enjoyed every bit of the evening. I may not drink scotch or smoke a cheroot again, but I shall always cherish the fact that I did those things. The adventure is well worth the disappointing experience.”
“Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve.”
“If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
“I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that some people - usually from those rare "normal" families that I longed for as a child and as an adult wonder if they even exist - didn't understand this and sort of looked down their noses at people suffering with addiction.”
“If pizza brings you joy, then by all means, love that pizza like your life depends on it. Because it does.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have always personally preferred to think of what is more difficult for my instrument, and not what is the most natural or the easiest. I enjoy the challenges - especially those that come with composers who have written contemporary music for the recorder.”
“You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree.”

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