I Can't Understand How Anyone Is Able

The Plastic Artist May Or May Not Be Concerned With Presenting A Superficial Appearance Of Reality, But He Is Always Concerned With The Presentation - If Not The Representation - Of The Plastic Values Of Reality.

A Work Of Art Is A World In Itself Reflecting Senses And Emotions Of The Artist's World. Just As A Flower, By Virtue Of Its Existence As A Complete Organism Is Both Ornamental And Self-sufficient As To Color, Form, And Texture, So Art, Because Of Its Singular Existence Is More Than Mere Ornament.

The Difference Between The Arts Arises Because Of The Difference In The Nature Of The Mediums Of Expression And The Emphasis Induced By The Nature Of Each Medium. Each Means Of Expression Has Its Own Order Of Being, Its Own Units.

When The Impulses Which Stir Us To Profound Emotion Are Integrated With The Medium Of Expression, Every Interview Of The Soul May Become Art. This Is Contingent Upon Mastery Of The Medium.

I Can't Understand How Anyone Is Able To Paint Without Optimism.