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December 2011 - page 2

GEORGE BRASSAI ~ THE NEED OF PASSION

in Art & the Unconscious Mind/Passion Of Art by

In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it, you may take some beautiful pictures, but not a photographic oeuvre.

GEORGE BRASSAI

passers-by in the rain , 1935

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LEWIS MUMFORD ~ ON MYSTERY

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

Lewis Mumford

Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, philosopher of technology, and influential literary critic.

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Still life by Giorgio Morandi

THE SURREALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI

THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,

FRANCISCO GOYA ~ YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE / NO TE ESCAPARAS

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

She who wants to be caught never escapes ~ Nunca se escapa la qe. se quiere dejar coger.

Goya – Los Caprichos

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SCHOPENHAUER ~ ROYAL ART

in Passion Of Art by

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Still life by Giorgio Morandi

THE SURREALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI

THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,

GOGOL ~ PASSION OR HABIT?

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

“What is stronger in us — passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?”

Nicolai Gogol

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D.H. LAWRENCE ~ A WOMAN CAN NOT BE HERSELF

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

“She felt him invisibly master her spirit”

The Fox (1923)

“A woman cannot be herself, cannot be essentially a woman, until she submerges herself in the male”

D.H. Lawrence

(1885 -1930)

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PABLO PICASSO ~ WHAT IS AN ARTIST?

in Passion Of Art by

29th September 1955:  Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973)

What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or his ears if he is a musician? …On the contrary, he is at the same time a political being, constantly on the alert to the heart-rending, burning, or happy events in the world, molding himself in their likeness.

Pablo Picasso

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JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ~ ON THINKING

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

“I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer

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Books and Happiness

BOOKS AND HAPPINESS

  “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s kind of the same thing.” Anonymous Girl Reading

BONNARD ~ THE TWO LIVES OF A PAINTER

in Passion Of Art by

“I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.”
Pierre Bonnard

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MARIE NEIGE MAIRE D'EGLISE ~ ART RUNS THROUGH HER VEINS

in My Artist Friends ~ and their creations... by

Alice et le lapin Blanc

Le petit chaperon rouge

MARIE NEIGE

Marie Neige is an autodidact…a real artist as we say. Art runs through her veins and you can clearly  see this in her work. Her collages are fantastic,  a magic world has come alive.  Have to admit that I am a huge fan of her wonderful  creations…

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