Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) American artist
Quote, 1914, from: Foreword
1970s, Some Memories of Drawings (1976)
Original: (it) Dipingo pensieri, scrivo note e parole in movimento.
Source: prevale.net
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) American artist
Quote, 1914, from: Foreword
1970s, Some Memories of Drawings (1976)
“I paint what I see in America, in other words I paint the American scene.”
Stuart Davis (1892–1964) American painter
Cited in: Ian Chilvers, "Davis, Stuart," in: The Oxford Dictionary of Art, (2994). p. 195
“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) Mexican painter
Quoted in Time Magazine, "Mexican Autobiography" (27 April 1953)
1946 - 1953
Variant: I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.
“I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.”
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer
"A meeting of minds", The Guardian, 18 November 2005. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/nov/18/classicalmusicandopera.thomasstearnseliot <br class="br">Attributed
“I have a paper cut from writing my suicide note. [sighs] It's a start…”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
When the Leaves Blow Away (2006), I Still Have a Pony (2007)
Herbert Read (1893–1968) English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art
English Prose Style (1928)
Literary Quotes
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker
quoted in Bonnard; by Sarah Witfield and John Elderfield; Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1998 - ISBN 0-8109-4021-3, p. 9
Bonnard did not paint from life but rather drew his subject and made notes on the colors. He then painted the canvas in his studio from the sketches and his notes
Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
Mail On Sunday, September 2008
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