John Dyer quotes
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“I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time.”
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“I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work.”
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“The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside.”
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“A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.”
-- John DyerSource : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.
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“The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea.”
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“And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life to endless sleep!”
-- John DyerSource : John Dyer (1822). “The Poems of J. D. The Life of J. D. by Dr. Johnson. The British Poets, Etc”, p.120
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“The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.”
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“I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.”
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“I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.”
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“I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.”
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“I use a wide selection of colours. It is impossible to produce work like mine using only the primary colours as they only mix a certain range of colour.”
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“St. Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing.”
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“I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this.”
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“The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one.”
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“And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie.”
-- John DyerSource : 'Down among the Dead Men' (c.1700)
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“My optimism for life carried through my work.”
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“I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats.”
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“Digital media has destroyed much of the magic and mystery of the medium.”
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“During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study.”
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“I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.”
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“I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing.”
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“Painting is really good fun, I have always enjoyed it. As long as I paint what I want with the freedom that I enjoy, I never tire.”
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“My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall.”
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“It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy.”
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“My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect.”
-- John Dyer
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