#pain

I'd like to die listening to a piece of music. I imagine this as so easy, so natural, but naturally it's quite impossible. Notes stab too softly. The wounds they leave behind may smart, but they don't fester. Melancholy and pain trickle out instead of blood. When the notes cease, all is peaceful within me again. ↗

— Robert Walser

#melancholy #music #pain #death

Through a painting we can see the whole world. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#see #through #whole #world

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it. ↗

— William Hogarth

#found #generally #had #i #judges

If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#i #me #painter #were #you

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork. ↗

— Brad Holland

#art #art form #consider #form #hobby

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#business #convinced #experience #hating #i

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#artists #detest #i #other #otherwise

From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#experience #grave #growth #joy #life

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't! ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#fabricate #finger #i #i think #joke

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#anyone #back #beach #bread #canvas