"Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs." Ansel Adams
Tag: art
Marshall McLuhan : “Art is anything you can get away with.”
"Art is anything you can get away with." Marshall McLuhan
Alexander Calder : “I paint with shapes.”
"I paint with shapes." Alexander Calder
John Dewey : “Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart’s desire.”
"Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire." John Dewey
Ambrose Bierce : “Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.”
"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic." Ambrose Bierce
Max Eastman : “The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.”
"The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness." Max Eastman
Henry Ward Beecher : “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : “The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.”
"The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henri Matisse : “Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.”
"Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul." Henri Matisse
Edward Hopper : “What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.”
"What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house." Edward Hopper