Quotation
Quote by John Brack
What I’m interested in in painting is people, of course, principally, how they live, how they behave.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The speaker says that painting is chiefly about people: not just their appearance, but how they live and behave. Human life and conduct are the main subjects of interest, more important than painting people as mere visual subjects.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- National Portrait Gallery of Australia
- Format
- Official Statement
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
Conversation
0 comments
No comments yet.
Start the conversation about this quote.
“The Freedom Charter is the only historic document that we have where the people have registered their voice and their aspirations.”
“Ignore me if I’m not good at what I do but please don’t ignore me when I’ve got something to say.”
“美空ひばりには神様がいる。でも本名の、加藤和枝には神様がいないの”
“Acting and singing are my life.”
Read quote““It’s the writer’s job to tell society what it pretends it doesn’t know.””
““Gambling,” says Painter Graham Sutherland, “is awfully like painting. However much you know about painting there’s always the gamble as to whether that actual physical touch will do what you want it to.””
“Theater is the initial glamorizer of thought.”
“Writing is a renaming of the world.”
“A craftsman can only play flat music but as an artist can make you fly.”
“I just try to make the best film I can. There’s no real ambition, so to speak. I love movies.”
Light for the Ordinary Places
Sena expected to find a broken window. Instead, she found a whole city waiting to be seen.
Read Story