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Small: I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they hap
"I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be"
Lucian Freud, Artist
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Small: As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does
"As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does"
Lucian Freud, Artist
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Small: It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me m
"It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me more time to paint"
Martin Mull, Actor
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Small: And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint.
Robert Rauschenberg
"And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting"
Robert Rauschenberg, Artist
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Small: I want paint to work as flesh
"I want paint to work as flesh"
Lucian Freud, Artist
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Small: Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and
Jasper Johns
"Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither"
Jasper Johns, Artist
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Small: If Im interrupted, its just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because its easy to get back where I wa
"If I'm interrupted, it's just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because it's easy to get back where I was: that is, the paint has not changed consistency; the light has not moved"
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Small: Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the pencil, h
"Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the pencil, how much is lost!"
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Critic
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Small: For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to childrens health than lead that may be under
"For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children"
Fred Thompson, Politician
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Small: I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
Bill Sienkiewicz
"I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work"
Bill Sienkiewicz, Artist
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Small: I still love a lot of the guys who just paint
Bill Sienkiewicz
"I still love a lot of the guys who just paint"
Bill Sienkiewicz, Artist
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Small: The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He f
"The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents"
Annie Dillard, Author
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Small: No, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs
"No, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs"
Charlie Hunnam, Actor
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Small: Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I dont know what to say about what I pain
"Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really"
Balthus, Artist
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Small: I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because
James Cameron
"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots"
James Cameron, Director
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Small: The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two
"The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two"
Tony Snow, Journalist
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Small: Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes
Donald Judd
"Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It's all right, but it's already done and I want to do something new"
Donald Judd, Artist
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Small: Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly
"Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly"
Pierre Bonnard, Artist
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Small: Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint
"Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint"
Tony Curtis, Actor
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Small: My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, speci
David Hasselhoff
"My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily"
David Hasselhoff, Actor
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Small: So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my
Katherine Dunham
"So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my career. Start something else that makes use of your creative ability because if you don't you will die inside as a person"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house
Edward Hopper
"What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house"
Edward Hopper, Artist
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Small: Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house
Edward Hopper
"Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house"
Edward Hopper, Artist
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Small: What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
Mos Def
"What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical"
Mos Def, Musician
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Small: Im just a landscape painter. I look out the window and I see whats going on, and I paint it. While Im painting
"I'm just a landscape painter. I look out the window and I see what's going on, and I paint it. While I'm painting it, I also write thoughts about what I see going on out there"
William Wiley, Soldier
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Small: Its to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine t
Edward Hopper
"It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method"
Edward Hopper, Artist
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Small: I paint with shapes
"I paint with shapes"
Alexander Calder, Sculptor
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Small: I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. Its a privilege to be able to p
"I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak"
Bryan Singer, Director
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Small: Its human actions paint the chart of time
"Its human actions paint the chart of time"
James Montgomery, Poet
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Small: Art doesnt feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I havent worked for six months, I cant paint
"Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint"
Rod Taylor, Actor
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Small: I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it
Edward Hopper
"I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it"
Edward Hopper, Artist
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Small: I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium
Edward Hopper
"I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions"
Edward Hopper, Artist
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Small: If you know somethin well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin chickens
"If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens"
Grandma Moses, Artist
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Small: I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but wh
"I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene"
Grandma Moses, Artist
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Small: Know what youre trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isnt enlightening any more than throwin
"Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture"
Steve Albini, Musician
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Small: He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesnt paint me
"He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore"
Jane Birkin, Actress
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Small: Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put seve
H. R. Giger
"Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future"
H. R. Giger, Artist
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Small: I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle,
"I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people"
Grandma Moses, Artist
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Small: Its such a human condition, whether youre a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolo
"It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are"
Tony Curtis, Actor
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Small: As soon as I can afford a studio space, Ill paint again
"As soon as I can afford a studio space, I'll paint again"
Max Cannon, Artist
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