To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination.
Frank Auerbach
More from: Frank Auerbach
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art. -
As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect. -
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart it being much more sensitive. -
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. -
So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.
More quotes by Frank Auerbach
- To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination.
- It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.