All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man! Votes: 1
It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it. Votes: 1
I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities. Votes: 1
I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before. Votes: 1
Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc. Votes: 1
The successful painter is continually painting still life. Votes: 0
My still-life painting has more to do with light and shadow than with the objects themselves. Votes: 0
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Votes: 9 Elizabeth Kenny
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. Votes: 5 Vincent Van Gogh
Wie der Sternenhimmel: Still und bewegt! Votes: 3 Hölderlin, Friedrich
Still, life had a way of adding day to day Votes: 4 Virginia Woolf