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Quotes by Brian Crawford Young - (6 quotes)

Brian Crawford Young - From the Language category:

Conceptual works seem to be like a sentence that needs translating from another language. Once you've done it, it's done. No more mystery. All you need is the unlocking key. (Brian Crawford Young)

Brian Crawford Young - From the Mysteries category:

A painting with mystery retains the brain's attention long enough for something deeper to happen - an emotional connection, perhaps. (Brian Crawford Young)

Brian Crawford Young - From the Painting category:

Most painters will tell you they are transported whenever they paint. The time just flies. It's the combination of having to concentrate, and yet enjoy at a deep level the application of colours to canvas. It's sensual, and addictive. (Brian Crawford Young)

Brian Crawford Young - From the Perception category:

I'm not a Conceptualist. I'm a Perceptualist - what you see is what you see. (Brian Crawford Young)

Brian Crawford Young - From the Space category:

Not all work can be merely scaled up to paint bigger. Representing space, or creating a feeling of being in a vast space, is a kind of microcosm v. macrocosm dichotomy. If you look down a microscope you see lots of detail. If you look up at a blue sky you see lots of nothing. (Brian Crawford Young)

Brian Crawford Young - From the Studio category:

I am braving the cold again and walking the 100 yards to my studio, where I will turn on the heating and head straight to the nearest cafe... (Brian Crawford Young)