How do artists describe their love affair with art? Take a look!
1.
“I love red so much that I almost want to paint everything red.”
–Alexander Calder
2.
“I hardly ever paint people unless I’m rather in love with them.”
— Sylvia Sleigh
3.
“Every picture shows a spot with which the artist himself has fallen in love.”
— Alfred Sisley
4.
“After a thousand watercolors you will find that you have fallen in love with paper and paint.”
— Rex Brandt
5.
“I think one’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes.”
— Andrew Wyeth
6.
“I so love carving. It seems to me to be the most rhythmic and marvelous way of working on live, sensuous material.”
— Barbara Hepworth
7.
“It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman. He must love to caress his canvas, too.”
— Pierre-Auguste Renoir
8.
“Throughout the time I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it.”
— Joan Miro
9.
“Painting is like making love. You cannot ask, ‘How do you do it’? But hopefully it is beautiful.”
Francesco Clemente
10.
“When Vincent and I were together in Arles, both of us insane and constantly at war over beautiful colors, I adored red and he loved yellow.”
11.
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.”
— Marc Chagall
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I know with myself and the canvas,it is just myself the paints and the canvas,they are never going to be to busy for me,they are never going to have to suddenly send a text or message someone more important,no they are there for the duration,they will stay by my side constant and loyal companions,seeking only to deliver what I desire with my heart,what better love can there be ?after that everything is imperfect and flawed,the beauty of the canvas lives on,a story which keeps on being told,and the paint sits proudly,aware of the part played,thank you dearest companions
Only an artist can understand how meaningful each one of these statements are
I start a conversation with my canvas by applying paint randomly, and then like a friend I trust wholeheartedly the painting will guide me to the finish without fail.
Art has the ability to stimulate the brain, the heart and the spirit into a feeling of pure joy and wellbeing. Debra OBrien
enjoyed hearing the artist’s speak to us of their love affair with painting/art/color/shapes/the love of my life (after Jesus). thank you for sharing this.