“The painter needs all the talent of the poet, plus hand-eye coordination.”
“O, how much simpler things would be
If eyes could paint or brush could see.”
"It is a shame to see in the work of an artist the limitations of his critics."
"An art critic is someone who hopes to see his ideas translated to canvas without having to learn how to paint."
"Every great painting is left incomplete at the point where its completion is obvious."
“In the great artist you see daring bound by discipline and discipline stretched by daring.”
"There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don’t torture a painting that has already confessed. "
"Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes."
Make Your Own Quote:
"There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's [select from list] prevailed against his [select from list]."
Word List:
hand
eye
brush
imagination
daring
discipline
talent
other
-- Robert Brault
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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6 comments:
Make your own quote: ingenious! I love it.
Love this idea, here is my quote:
"There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's Discipline prevailed against his Imagination."
Thanks Robert.
Terri, I'm discovering that everybody is a closet quotesmith. Just give them a chance.
Marlene, I like your choice. When it comes down to it, an artist is in trouble if anything prevails against her imagination.
smiles,
rb
Amazing. Even your comments are quotable.
I have been contending with this for several months now...if I may add a few words not in your list...
"There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded work in which the artist's fear of failure prevails against his hand, eye, brush, imagination, daring, discipline, talent...and canvas."
I wrote about 4 paragraphs on this subject last night...and still hadn't finished...poets must be efficiency experts...honing in on the meat of the subject...trimming the excess.
This was fun. Thanks, Robert.
Nina, You have no idea how delighted I am to have you comment here. When I first posted on art and artists two months ago, it was with you in mind. I've imagined all kinds of reasons why you never commented, and I have drafted comments on your site, only to scrap them for fear of saying something foolish.
Your notion of "fear of failure" is interesting on many scores, and I look forward to seeing your take on it. Your focus on "trimming the excess" suggests that you fear a too-florid imagination more than a failure of artcraft or a failure to satisfy some critical viewpoint. If so, I agree, although I would argue that in abstract art, the artist should not be so spare as to deny the viewer a recognizable reality. That's what, imo, is so good about your "Rio Grande Gorge" -- it's a spare scene but a recognizable one, the abstraction lying not so much in line and form as in the richly-nuanced color. It's a simplicity that the gazer can luxuriate in. It must have been a very difficult thing to pull off.
Well, enough. Great to see you here.
smiles,
rb
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