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David Leffel - From the Abstraction category:
How do abstract artists know when they're getting better? (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Abstraction category:
An abstract painting is exactly what it proports to be, whether it be paint splatters or stripes, while a representational painting has to give the illusion of the paint being air, or flesh, or flowers... therefore abstract paintings are rather concrete while representational paintings are rather abstract. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Business category:
The business of art does get in the way of painting. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Commitment category:
A master artist requires patience and commitment because painting is a rational pursuit. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Copying category:
If you just copy your subject matter you're missing ninety per cent of the art. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Discipline category:
Painting as a discipline is an intelligent pursuit. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Flow category:
You know when you're out of the zone because you are thinking and making decisions. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Greatness category:
Great paintings are simple in concept. They have one essential visual idea about color, shapes, values, edges, alone or in combination. These are things that paint can do. The idea or visual concept creates a relationship between objects. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Ideas category:
Why start a painting before you have a visual concept or idea? (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Knowledge category:
Knowing what can be done with paint, you are saying this scene connects me with a universal truth, with an elevating thought, or an inexpressible feeling-tone. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Motivation category:
Your motivation determines everything. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Motivation category:
Motivation: Beauty... the fun of trying to get it down... the fun of trying to get better. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Painting category:
Painting, unlike music, rarely runs in families. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Painting category:
There is a difference between painting things and learning to paint. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Profession category:
Even when I wasn't making much of a living, I didn't think about making a living. (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Realism category:
How misty, indistinct and abstract can I go and still have a landscape? (David Leffel)
David Leffel - From the Talent category:
Talent is overrated... there are thousands of people with talent and 'visual circuitry' - it's what you do with the talent that counts. (David Leffel)
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