An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.
Copy QuoteThe aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Copy Quote View & ShareI found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
Copy Quote View & Share