Posted in Art Quotes on Nov 21st, 2009
Kung Fu, hard work over time to accomplish skill
A painter can have Kung Fu
Or the butcher
Who cuts meat every day with such a skill
His knife never touches bone
Learn the form
But seek the formless
Hear the soundless
Learn it all
then forget it all
Learn the way
Then find your own way
The musician can have Kung Fu
Or the poet who paints [...]
Posted in Art Quotes on Jul 26th, 2008
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
Kahlil Gibran
Posted in Art Quotes on Jul 21st, 2008
(Painting by Gabrielle Marlow)
The role of the artist I now understood as that of revealing through the world-surfaces the implicit forms of the soul, and the great agent to assist the artist was the myth.
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life.
Myths are the world’s dreams. They are [...]
Posted in Art Quotes on May 21st, 2008
“Poetry fettered fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed, or flourish, in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish!”
William Blake, from Jerusalem (written 1880-1820)
Posted in Art Quotes on Nov 12th, 2007
I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me. (William Blake)
Posted in Art Quotes on Nov 12th, 2007
My hand is entirely the instrument of a more distant sphere (Paul Klee)
Posted in Art Quotes on Nov 12th, 2007
Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos… (Paul Cezanne)
