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Quotes by Peter William Brown - (25 quotes)

Peter William Brown - From the Art category:

Aaaarrrttt! Art is obviously one of the Three R's. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Art category:

Art is a real thing. Art is the soul of the whisper of the cloud on the horizon. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Artists category:

Artists are just people. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Artists category:

Art is just something that human beings need to do. Some get to make art every day. Most just make their art when they get the chance. History does not care. History gets the work. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Change category:

One should paint small, and then very big. Miniatures and murals. Humans do their best with variety. Most people are bored, and even artists are bored. The answer is change. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Colour category:

-describing a minimalist colorist painter...
He is all palette, and no painting. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Criticism category:

Louis Siegriest looked at one of his son's (Lundy) paintings and said, 'That is one of the worst paintings I have ever seen!' Lundy, in his own defense said, 'You are half blind! What are you talking about?' Louis Sigriest said, 'I may be blind, but that is one of the worst paintings I have ever seen!' (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Critics category:

Life is much too short to worry about art critics. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Efficiency category:

While there is no correct way to make a work of art, there are efficient means and tried and true practices. One should not be ignorant of these guidelines. Painting is an old craft, and there is no need to reinvent the wheel. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Friendship category:

Of whatever age, one's goal should be to become a sponge. Absorb as much as possible. Cultivate a network of friends of all age groups. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Goals category:

My goal is to surprise myself. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Language category:

Art is a basic human language that is universal among cultures and across time. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Money category:

Art history is the history of money and art. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Nature category:

Paul Klee was asked if he liked nature. He responded, 'Yes. My own!' (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Pets category:

Confusion about the differences between art and silly pet tricks dates back to the Abstract Expressionist era, and indeed one finds almost no mention of animal artists before the 1950s. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Photography category:

Photography is external. Painting goes inside. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Photography category:

The camera lies, and that lie can take you to court. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Plein-Air category:

-describing the Society of Six, an Oakland, California, group of plein-air landscape painters, 1916-1929...
Fence-Post Impressionism. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Production category:

Artists make metaphors. Art is not about grinding out product. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Signatures category:

My paintings tend to be rather small. I am concerned with every square centimeter in terms of the overall composition. At the request of a dealer, I have experimented with my initials down in the corner, but to me it looked like graffiti. The signature seemed invasive. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Solitude category:

The human animal did not evolve on a solo flight. We are social creatures. The rugged individualists could not exist without the village or the clan, which they often scorn. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Teaching category:

Art is all about metaphor. And teachers of art should make that easy to do. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Tones category:

-teaching drawing...
Start lightly, then go dark. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Words category:

Art is just a three letter word. (Peter William Brown)

Peter William Brown - From the Work category:

Art works, if you do. (Peter William Brown)