S. H. Raza: Quotes about painting

S. H. Raza was Indian artist. Explore interesting quotes on painting.

S. H. Raza: 40 quotes2 likes

“Well I spend my days reading, painting, thinking and meeting friends. It’s very pleasant. I’m studying Hindu thought, I’m studying Hindi poetry, my language is Hindi. I get up at 8am…there’s no fixed routine…after 10 or 11 o’ clock my friends come and see me. A message has to be conveyed. It’s not only a question of doing research, what has to be done has to be conveyed to people so it’s interesting to see people who are interested in coming and finding out what I’ve been doing all these years.”

Culture:S.H. Raza Comes in Full Circle

“To draw and paint is an elementary thing, it has to be done. But it can be a mental process, intellectual process, thought process. *It is a question of temperament of each artist, there are abstract painters, figurative painters, painters who work in silence or who don’t want to work at all, but they continue with ideas in their mind and in their soul. It’s very fascinating; it’s a vast area without rules or regulations.”

Culture:S.H. Raza Comes in Full Circle

“India is always in my heart and I put that in my paintings and sometimes in my dairies and letters.”

This is a sum of all my experiences: SH Raza

“Installations are usually very mediocre. These new ideas are alright to promote themselves but I think real promotion can be done if they make good paintings or good sculptures.”

His views on the 3D art, installations and the new forms of art.
Indian contemporary artists have not reached my standard: SH Raza

“As an Indian, I remained convinced that the bhav or the feeling of a painting is important, and these put together, can make a good artistic expression. This is what I tried to do during my years in France.”

This is a sum of all my experiences: SH Raza