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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.