El Greco quotes

El Greco quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head.”
-- El Greco

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“Can the darkness condemn the light?”
-- El Greco

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“Painting, because of its universality, becomes speculation.”
-- El Greco

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“The language of art is celestial in origin and can only be understood by the chosen.”
-- El Greco

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“Art is everywhere you look for it, hail the twinkling stars for they are God's careless splatters”
-- El Greco

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“I suffer for my art and despise the witless moneyed scoundrels who praise it.”
-- El Greco

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“Artists create out of a sense of desolation. The spirit of creation is a excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul.”
-- El Greco

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“It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.”
-- El Greco

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“I was created by the all powerful God to fill the universe with my masterpieces.”
-- El Greco

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“One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!”
“Let us honor the Holy Ghost.”
“The unity of a nation's spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual; and that the higher interests involved in the life of the whole must here set the limits and lay down the duties of the interests of the individual.”
“Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Wisdom of My Grandmothers: Lessons to live by, from one generation of remarkable women to the next”, p.48, Simon and Schuster
“The precept to worship God 'in spirit and in truth' recommand to worship him as an inward and moral force, without physical attributes and with no relation to fears and egoist wishes.”
“I paint with my back to the world”

Source : Ned Rifkin, Agnes Martin, Edward Hirsch, Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) (2002). “Agnès Martin: the nineties and beyond”, Hatje Cantz Pub
“I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.”
“But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.”
“I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.”
“There is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it.”

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