William Baziotes Quotes
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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It seems to me that we often commit ourselves wholly to something while knowing almost nothing concrete about it. Another word for that, I suppose, is 'faith.'
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My painting does not come from the easel.
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Before anything else, I started painting bulls and matadors. That was my initiation to paint.
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Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.
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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
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The world of painting has nothing to do with the art world.
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The study of nature is of no significance, for painting is a conventional art, and it is infinitely more worthwhile to learn to draw after w:Holbein.
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A large vocabulary is like an artist having a big palette of colors. We don't have to use all the colors in a single painting, but it helps to be able to find just the right shade when we need it.
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If this end is unattainable, so, it can be said, is perfection in any other ideal of painting or in any other of man's activities.
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The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.
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The technical obstacles of painting perhaps dictate this form. It derives also from the limitations of personality, and such may be the simplifications that I have attempted.
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Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
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I learned a lot of painting tricks painting outside.
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90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.
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If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless.
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If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things until your nerves unfold and you can finally put up your feet. But it can all be a lie. There are no guarantees, even when people mean what they say at the time. People change their minds. People die. And the hurt is as real as a baseball bat.
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We are living our lives more online and you need to have different ways to capture that.
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I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.
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But I've also been around this town long enough to know that when nobody is calling you and saying, 'Hang in there,' that isn't a great signal either.
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I can not evolve any concrete theory about painting.
