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| "Laundry Day" 12 x 16, oil on canvas (c) Lesley Powell 2018 (Available at Shain Gallery, Charlotte) |
I am fresh out of original inspiration today, so I thought I would share some quotations from others. These are words that have special meaning for me. Some of them have become like mantras, which run through my head while I am painting. Others are ones that I quietly ponder in less active moments. Most of these have meaning well beyond the world of painting. I hope you will enjoy them.
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| "Provence, Distilled: Blue Door" 8 x 6, oil on paper (c) Lesley Powell 2018 (SOLD) |
Simplicity is the final achievement.
After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges
as the crowning reward of art.
--Frederic Chopin
Practicing an art,
no matter how well or badly,
is a way to make your soul grow.
--Kurt Vonnegut
A picture
is a poem without words.
--Horace
[I]n all the arts
there are usually two things going on at the same time:
the desire to make it new,
and a continuing conversation with the past.
--Julian Barnes
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| "Notre Dame, Morning Light" 9 x 12, Oil on Linen (c) Lesley Powell 2018 (Available) |
A picture
is a poem without words.
--Horace
[I]n all the arts
there are usually two things going on at the same time:
the desire to make it new,
and a continuing conversation with the past.
--Julian Barnes
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