I live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration.
It is the special privilege of the fine artist to reveal immediate data with a clarity, intensity and purity that promotes them to a special degree o… - Alton Tobey
It is the special privilege of the fine artist to reveal immediate data with a clarity, intensity and purity that promotes them to a special degree o…
- Alton Tobey
I live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration. - Alton Tobey
There is a kinship between music and painting - with the same words used to describe both, as when a musical composition is said to have color and a … - Alton Tobey
There is a kinship between music and painting - with the same words used to describe both, as when a musical composition is said to have color and a …
My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked, so she laid out some paper and pen… - Alton Tobey
My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked, so she laid out some paper and pen…
Every single person is unlike anyone else. Therefore, in creating a portrait of someone... we must look carefully to catch that particular unique qua… - Alton Tobey
Every single person is unlike anyone else. Therefore, in creating a portrait of someone... we must look carefully to catch that particular unique qua…
I have, at times, been absorbed in my work to the point of complete self-oblivion. Once I worked for thirty-six hours without a break - to complete e… - Alton Tobey
I have, at times, been absorbed in my work to the point of complete self-oblivion. Once I worked for thirty-six hours without a break - to complete e…
I can be so involved that I am no longer conscious of my needs or even of any pains. But there also have been many times when I felt the exhaustion -… - Alton Tobey
I can be so involved that I am no longer conscious of my needs or even of any pains. But there also have been many times when I felt the exhaustion -…
In the Fragments, sensations are more profound and richly clarified through deliberate and explicit pattern; emotions are given a sequence and develo… - Alton Tobey
In the Fragments, sensations are more profound and richly clarified through deliberate and explicit pattern; emotions are given a sequence and develo…
Every canvas that can awaken us more exquisitely and accurately to the infinite and various surface of our experience does that much to sharpen life,… - Alton Tobey
Every canvas that can awaken us more exquisitely and accurately to the infinite and various surface of our experience does that much to sharpen life,…
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