Sometimes I seem to be two people. One who does not paint and one who does. The one who does not paint assumes that the one who does can paint anything. The one who is the painter sometimes finds it difficult to live up to that faith.
The reality comes first, and the symbol comes after. I see these things, and suddenly they become symbolic of life. - Mary Pratt
The reality comes first, and the symbol comes after. I see these things, and suddenly they become symbolic of life.
- Mary Pratt
Sometimes I seem to be two people. One who does not paint and one who does. The one who does not paint assumes that the one who does can paint anythi… - Mary Pratt
Sometimes I seem to be two people. One who does not paint and one who does. The one who does not paint assumes that the one who does can paint anythi…
The fact is that until I saw paintings as icons, I couldn't see why people painted at all. - Mary Pratt
The fact is that until I saw paintings as icons, I couldn't see why people painted at all.
When I'm painting them, the whole legend and mythology of apples occurs to me, and so Adam and Eve and the snake and all the rest of it somehow gets … - Mary Pratt
When I'm painting them, the whole legend and mythology of apples occurs to me, and so Adam and Eve and the snake and all the rest of it somehow gets …
My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing. - Mary Pratt
My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing.
I can't stand theory because it is imposed by the intellectual. And the intellectual is, by definition, not a creative person. The intellectual is a … - Mary Pratt
I can't stand theory because it is imposed by the intellectual. And the intellectual is, by definition, not a creative person. The intellectual is a …
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