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Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon; it is the very heart of painting.”                               Josef...

“Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration can only give birth to a work of art.  The least of man’s original emanations is better...

“Painting is a funny business.”                                                                                   J.M.W. Turner There is...

“The work of a man is the explanation of the man.”                                                 Paul Gauguin I have written many times...

“I am hoping it’s done.  I want it to be done, but I am not always sure.  Every painting I have done has been overworked, at least some...

” Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel:  everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them…It is...

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”                                  Hans...

“Creation is the artist’s true function: where there is no creation there is no art.”                 Henri Matisse Art is about telling...

The Importance of Being Creative Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.”                   Pablo...

“I believe in an unconscious.  So, it’s possible to say that something causes something and you’re not aware of it.  You just do what you...

“What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?  Such things as...

“I paint as I feel like painting…An artist has to be spontaneous.”       Edouard Manet We have been discussing getting into our right...

“Each painting has its own way of evolving…the painting is finished; the subject reveals itself”.                               William...

“Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function.  The first aims at pleasing the senses, the...

“So far as visual artists are concerned, I think that they are able to work with the material from their subconscious mind without...

“All colors are friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.”                      Marc Chagall Learning to mix colors...

“Colors like features, follow the changes of the emotions.”                          Pablo Picasso Color can bring about many powerful...

“Color is one of the great things in this world that makes it worth living…”   Georgia O’Keeffe Last week’s mention of color brought many...

Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most undefinable in nature: its inner...

“Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself.  The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy”.                    ...