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JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS ~ HOPE AND AMBITION

in Quoting the Artist ~ Thoughts and Thinking... by

“My maturity has not fulfilled the hopes and ambitions of my youth”

John Everett Millais

JAVIER ALISTE ~ PAINTER OF MAGICAL SUBCONSCIOUSNESSES

in Passion Of Art by
Javier Aliste reviewed on Moniqs.com

The artist Javier Aliste searches for the syncretism of our current cultural identity. To find his answers he has been researching the Andean world and the idiosyncrasies of the Amazonian people since 1997. In his work of art he uses sacred chromatic and sacred symbolism, which is inspired on the way people live in South America typically Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

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MAN RAY ~ ON INSPIRATION

in Just a bit of everything and everyone... by

“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”
― Man Ray
Photograph is Man Ray in his studio, Paris, 1939.

ANNA KARENINA ~ A STORY OF LOVE AND DESPAIR

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

“Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Photo: Greta Garbo, 1934


CARL LARSSON ~ KARIN READING

in Women and their Passion for Books by

Carl Larsson

Karin Reading, 1904

I love books, I love to read, I love to look at books, love to touch books…

Monique

RALPH WALDO EMERSON ~ BEAUTIFUL LIES

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

“Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

VIRGINIA WOOLF ~ THE WAVES OF LIFE

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

“Let us again pretend that life is a solid substance, shaped like a globe, which we turn about in our fingers. Let us pretend that we can make out a plain and logical story, so that when one matter is despatched—love for instance—we go on, in an orderly manner, to the next. ”
― Virginia Woolf, The Waves

EDGAR DEGAS ~ THE MYSTERY OF A PAINTING

in Art & the Unconscious Mind/Passion Of Art by

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

Edgar Degas

Self portrait 1855

PAUL CEZANNE ~ FEELINGS & ART

in Just a bit of everything and everyone.../Passion Of Art by

An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all… feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.

Paul Cezanne

Photo: Cezanne in his studio, 1904

PAUL CEZANNE ~ FEELINGS & ART

in Just a bit of everything and everyone.../Passion Of Art by

An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all… feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.

Paul Cezanne

Photo: Cezanne in his studio, 1904

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