THE BOOK LOVER

“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.”  Thomas Merton Sounds of nature Someone asked...

“A work of Art is completed by the Viewer.”                                                                           Marcel Duchamp The...

“We must paint only what is important to us, we must not respond to outside demands.” Robert Henri It is the New Year and a lot of...

“The artist is the man who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably in the best sense,...

“You can’t use up creativity.  The more you use, the more you have.”       Maya Angelou The Beauty Within                   Textured...

“The act of creation is a kind of ritual.  The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in the mystery of creation.  Human...

“Good composition is like a suspension Bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away…Making lines run into each other is not...

“One gets into the state of creativity by conscience work.”                                                                            He...

“One must act in painting as in life, directly…”            Pablo Picasso “Peaceful Morn”                   Pastel Over Watercolor I have...

“What the artist must aim at above all else is this: to produce, by any process whatever, a work which by the life and humanity emanating...

“It’s when you have found out how to do a certain thing, that its time to stop doing them, because what’s missing is that you are not ...

“It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to ‘caress’ his canvas too”.                             Pierre...

“The race for quality has no finish line…”   Peter Drucker As artists we spend a lot of time on our work.  Sometimes hours, sometimes...

“Through art, mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men “.                Robert Henri All creativity...

“The act of creation is a kind of ritual.  The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in the mystery of creation.  Human...

“Creativity is the art of combining a little idea with another idea, with another little idea, and so on…at the end maybe a great idea...

I recently had an experience, that at first left me with a sad and isolated feeling. I then went on to have many internal conversations...

“Painting is special, separate, a matter of meditation and contemplation”.        Ad Reinhardt People love to use terms to suit their...

“Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line, adds strength and takes none away…Making lines run into each other is not...

“The word composition moved me spiritually, and I later made it my aim in life to paint a ‘composition’ . It affected me like a prayer...