Tolstoy's definition of art is the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception.
If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally. - Raphael Soyer
If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.
- Raphael Soyer
Tolstoy's definition of art is the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception. - Raphael Soyer
Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident. - Raphael Soyer
Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident.
From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives a… - Raphael Soyer
From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives a…
If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times. - Raphael Soyer
If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.
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