71 Quotes About Paintings

There is only one road to follow, that of analysis of the basic elements in order to arrive ultimately at an adequate graphic expression.

The walls were covered in paper that might once have been blue and white stripe, but which time and moisture had turned murky gray, spotted and peeling in places. Faded scenes from Hans Christian Andersen hung along one side: the brave tin soldier atop his fire, the pretty girl in red shoes, the little mermaid weeping for her lost past. It smelled musty, of ghostly children and long-settled dust. Vaguely alive.

I would sooner paint people's eyes than cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is lacking in a cathedral - however solemn and impressive it may be. To my mind a man's soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a streetwalker, is more interesting.

... didn't paintings lie also? They showed hours instead of minutes.

Since the world is ending,” Peter quoted from behind us, “why not let the children touch the paintings?

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.

He remembered that in the art books he had leafed through at Leader's, many paintings depicted death. A severed head on a platter. A battle, and the ground strewn with bodies. Swords and spears and fire; and nails being pounded into the tender flesh of a man's hands. Painters had preserved such pain through beauty.

Beautiful landscapes are no use for good paintings.

These women stared out from the canvases with arched brows, enormous eyes and tiny mouths, seeing much, and saying little.