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Thomas S. Buechner Quotes



Quotes by Thomas S. Buechner - (7 quotes)

Thomas S. Buechner - From the Advice category:

Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better. (Thomas S. Buechner)

Thomas S. Buechner - From the Colour category:

An artist is either good at color or good at value but rarely good at both. I focus on the tonal range, the dark-light effects, rather than the full color range of bright colors. I just don't know what to do with all those cadmiums. (Thomas S. Buechner)

Thomas S. Buechner - From the Frustration category:

I have never painted as well as I thought I should, so frustration came early... (Thomas S. Buechner)

Thomas S. Buechner - From the Mirrors category:

Have you ever hung a piece of black velvet behind you and looked at yourself in the mirror? We are each of us quite alone, and that's what I try to paint. (Thomas S. Buechner)

Thomas S. Buechner - From the Models category:

A single model enables me to focus on one thing at a time, separating design and form and color into three successive stages. (Thomas S. Buechner)

Thomas S. Buechner - From the Power category:

It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies. (Thomas S. Buechner)

Thomas S. Buechner - From the Vulnerability category:

I'm interested in human vulnerability. We are alone, and my portraits reflect this quality. I don't want anything to get in the way of this feeling. (Thomas S. Buechner)