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Wayne Thiebaud quotes: I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it.

I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen.

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: Art is not delivered like the morning paper; it has to be stolen from Mount Olympus.

Art is not delivered like the morning paper; it has to be stolen from Mount Olympus.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: As far as I'm concerned, there is only one study and that is the way in which things relate to one another.

As far as I'm concerned, there is only one study and that is the way in which things relate to one another.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances.

Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: If I don't have anything better to do that day, I'll copy paintings, generally by people who have some relationship to the work of the moment.

If I don't have anything better to do that day, I'll copy paintings, generally by people who have some relationship to the work of the moment.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: Art means something very rare, an extraordinary achievement.

Art means something very rare, an extraordinary achievement.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: Painting is more important than art.

Painting is more important than art.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.

I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes.

I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that.

Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it.

If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective

If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities.

An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities.

Wayne Thiebaud quotes: The Gold Rush and the Pony Express made Sacramento a substantial place in terms of enterprise.

The Gold Rush and the Pony Express made Sacramento a substantial place in terms of enterprise.