Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes anguish endless great
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings. Balthus desireextraordinaryfeel Change image and share on social
Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really. Balthus languagepaintreplace Change image and share on social
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century. Balthus centurycraftdisappear Change image and share on social
Imagine a world alive with incomprehensible objects, and shimmering with an endless variety of movement and innumerable gradations of colour. Imagine a world before the 'beginning was the word.' Stan Brakhage alivebegincolour Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works. Jacques Barzun anguishchiefintellectual Change image and share on social