Raphael Soyer quotes

“Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident.”
-- Raphael Soyer

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“From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives and times.”
-- Raphael Soyer

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“If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.”
-- Raphael Soyer

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“If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.”
-- Raphael Soyer

Source : Raphael Soyer, Walter Gutman (1961). “Paintings and drawings”

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“Tolstoy's definition of art is the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception.”
-- Raphael Soyer

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“I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.”

Source : Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)”, p.70, Three Rivers Press

“What I had to say was, in general, I'm not really a fan of any one genre of any kind of film.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.”

“I think you kind of have to put yourself out there.”

“I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Byrd has always been that kind of pitcher, trying to trick you, keep the ball low, in and out. He threw a lot of strikes, worked it inside and out, threw breaking balls for strikes behind in the count.”

“Jesus will brush aside your inabilities.”

“After I brush on my moisturizer, I'll dip the same brush into foundation and mix it with the lotion to make tinted moisturizer.”

“Grain is the brush stroke of photography.”

“Its far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.”