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Quotes from The Artist Speaks — Patrick Swift

1927–1983 Ireland

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You may know a good painter by his habit of work: a good painter works constantly.

The Artist Speaks (1951)

Everything written about art is profoundly unimportant.

The Artist Speaks (1951)

No real painter ever wants be known through any other medium than his painting.

The Artist Speaks (1951)

Good painting is not produced by any unintelligent following of inspiration or temperament.

The Artist Speaks (1951)

One cannot argue or explain in paint.

The Artist Speaks (1951)

The only indication of an individual vision is an individual style: "What I seek above all in a picture is a man and not a picture" – Zola

The Artist Speaks (1951)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Patrick Swift (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.