Made up of corallitic accretions and painful increments, lit on rare occasions by bolts of revelation, and then stuffed behind the wainscotting to grope in the mouse-turd dust, art is the equivalent of athlete's foot, at best an exquisite itch, at worst an excuse to stop walking. On the emotional side, it is either masturbation with a hockey glove or a night beneath the sliding moon that shames Eros.
I am interested in doing something that cannot be explained. - Harold Town
I am interested in doing something that cannot be explained.
- Harold Town
It took me over a couple of months to find the right piece of transparent paper for a section near the centre, on the right side of the Garden of Neb… - Harold Town
It took me over a couple of months to find the right piece of transparent paper for a section near the centre, on the right side of the Garden of Neb…
With love I draw what I hate. - Harold Town
With love I draw what I hate.
Thomson's small oil sketches of the last years palpitate and throb. They are as direct in attack as a punch in the nose. - Harold Town
Thomson's small oil sketches of the last years palpitate and throb. They are as direct in attack as a punch in the nose.
Any artist who doesn't think he's the best should quit. - Harold Town
Any artist who doesn't think he's the best should quit.
If art could be absolutely verified as to importance in, say, the way gold can be judged for purity and weight, then it would of course be finished a… - Harold Town
If art could be absolutely verified as to importance in, say, the way gold can be judged for purity and weight, then it would of course be finished a…
I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it. - Harold Town
I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it.
Painting is still to a great extent dominated by a central image; corners in most cases are like uninvited guests at a party, uneasy and unattended. - Harold Town
Painting is still to a great extent dominated by a central image; corners in most cases are like uninvited guests at a party, uneasy and unattended.
It's such an honour being banned in Italy, the mother of sensuality. It's like being asked to straighten your tie in a bordello... It's ironic that t… - Harold Town
It's such an honour being banned in Italy, the mother of sensuality. It's like being asked to straighten your tie in a bordello... It's ironic that t…
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