Art · Reflection
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO ~ ON ART
“Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men.” Giorgio de Chirico
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…TO ARTISTA… ~ POEM BY BERT PAZA
..to Artista…. .go and fly white Dove go and fly up in the sky take the gold ray from the sun get the Celeste color from above dive in ocean for deep blue and the wave .some green and earth colors around and put them all on your canvas the miracle of your creation bring
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CHARLOTTE SALOMON ~ LIFE? OR THEATER?
Charlotte Salomon (April 16, 1917 – October 10, 1943) was a German-Jewish artist born in Berlin. She is primarily remembered as the creator of an autobiographical series of paintings Leben? oder Theater?: Ein Singspiel (Life? or Theatre?: A Singspiel ) consisting of 769 individua
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ODILON REDON ~ THE MONSTER
While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality… true art lies in a reality that is felt.” The Monster Odilon Redon
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ODILON REDON ~ ON HIS ORIGINALITY
My originality consists in putting the logic of the visible to the service of the invisible. Odilon Redon Profil de Lumiere
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ODILON REDON ~ MAGICAL PAINTER
Born: 1840, Bordeaux, France Died: 1916, Paris, France Odilon Redon was mainly self-taught as a painter. He lived in Bordeaux and Paris. Until he was in his fifties he worked almost exclusively in black and white, in charcoal drawings and lithographs. In 1867 he exhibited an etch
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LEE MILLER ~ QUOTE
“Other people tend to value you the way you value yourself,” Lee Miller Portrait of Lee Miller ca. 1930
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MAN RAY ~ IMAGINATION
“I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.” Man Ray
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GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ~ ON INDIVIDUALITY
“I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.” Georgia O’Keeffe
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