15 Quotes by Burton Silverman

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    I am stuck with my passion for the objective world, for the constantly shifting shades of meaning to the events of my life, to the states of being of the people I paint, and to the persistent need to get it right.

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    The beginning of a painting is a very energized, exciting time, and it generates most of the energy I have. If I’ve gotten 75 per cent of it down, then it takes an effort to really get up that kind of energy to finish it in the same way it’s begun.

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    My best training came from doing illustrations because it taught me to compose my paintings more effectively, to improve my colors, and to be ruthlessly selective.

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    I continue to make paintings of people and their moments in our time because I am of that time. Out of that I hope to make pictures that are timeless.

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    I love the fact that there are more and more young people out there who still want to make a flat two-dimensional surface come alive with three dimensional magic.

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    I do not believe that the way paint is applied should be more important than what is portrayed.

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    I love the fact that this art might somehow affect the way people see, and thus open a window on the world.

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    The self-portrait is an act of objectifying the self and in that regard is a unique form of portraiture.

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    Very early in life, I fell in love with the landscape of the human face, where all the emotional states of life are to be found.

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