Criticism
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away… and have their shoes.” – Jack Handey
Category: Quotable
Fun and inspiring quotes.
Only He Who Sees
Earth’s crammed with heaven, /
And every common bush afire with God; /
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes – /
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Lines in the Sand
“Realism is condemned by those artists whose poverty of technique does not permit them to express it.” Walter J. Phillips –
“Photo-realistic painting is to impressionism what a ballroom waltz is to Argentine tango. Once you’ve done tango, the waltz seems stilted, controlled and oh so dull. Give me the passion, the sexiness and the bravura of the tango, thank you very much.” Brenda Behr –
“Realism has to be such high quality, you can’t fake it. It’s all hanging out there like the laundry.” Nelson Shanks –
“The contemporary art audience, having had a century of flotsam and jetsam flung at them, think that super-realism is miraculous stuff.” Sharon Knettell –
All these lines in the sand. Where do you stand? Do you prefer more realistic or more impressionistic art?
Procrastination
“The writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work, will die without putting a word to paper.” E.B. White –
The same could be said of painters. And how do we apply this practically? I’m siding with Phyllis Diller who said, “I’m 18 years behind in my ironing.” Either quote works to inspire me to get the brush out. And you?
Can’t Help It
“It’s what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” Oscar Wilde
– Read any good books lately; art or otherwise? (Thanks @GreatestQuotes)
Making a Bold Mark
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” John W. Gardner
