William Dobell Quotes
Top 8 wise famous quotes and sayings by William Dobell
William Dobell Famous Quotes & Sayings
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My best work is always done ... when I'm experimenting. If I stop experimenting I feel it just becomes a drudgery.
So long as people expect paintings to be simply coloured photographs they get no individuality and, in the case of portraits, no characterisation.
The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.
I paint as I want to with no holds barred. I am more contented lately than I have been for a long time about my work. But not dangerously so.
My sitters get tired waiting for commissioned portraits. If they commission me they have to wait years sometimes because I discard so many.
I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it.