it says to the painter, you cannot do anything....
many painters are afraid of the blank canvas,
but the blank canvas is afraid of the really passionate painter who is daring
-- and who has once and for all broken that spell of “you cannot’.” — Vincent Van Gogh
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
— Pablo Picasso
“I think that everything which is good is beautiful — of inner moral, spiritual and sublime beauty in men and their works — comes from God.” — Vincent Van Gogh
“If painting weren’t so difficult, it wouldn’t be fun.” — Edgar Degas
“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”
— Paul Cezanne
“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it,
and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”
— Vincent Van Gogh quote found on the back of a Vincent Van Gogh Action Figure
that my daughter Allison gave me.
“Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.” — Vincent Van Gogh
"Fruits...like having their portrait painted. They seem to sit there and ask your forgiveness for fading. Their thought is given off with their perfumes. They come with all their scents, They speak of the fields they have left. The rain which has nouriuished them. The daybreaks they have seen."
— Paul Cezanne
“And what is the doctrine I preach? My friends, let us give our souls to our cause, let us work with our heart, and truly love what we love.” — Vincent Van Gogh
“If my work is bad, it s my own fault. — Vincent Van Gogh
"I like the way you see"
— Lady at 2004 Inman Park Art Show, GA
"Your work makes me happy."
— Young woman at 2004 Virginia Highlands Summerfest, GA
"What do you call this style of art?"
— Art lover, 2004 Virginia Highlands Summerfest, GA
"Funalisim." — Larry Smith
"Is this pointalism?"
— Inquiring person, 2004 Virginia Highlands, Summerfest, GA
"Are those dots?"
— Art lover, 2004 Virginia Highlands, Summerfest, GA
"No. They're little short strokes."
— Larry Smith
"These are beautiful!"
— Laura, 9 year old art enthusiast, 2004 Suwanee Days, Suwanee, GA
"I love these"
— 6 year old, 2005 Outdoor Art Fair, Fairhope, FL
"Well that will wake you up"
— Art history major, 2005 Inman Park Art Festival, GA
"Reminds me of what’s his name....?"
— Art history major, 2005 Cherokee Triangle, Louisville, KY
"I could do that"
— overheard from a passer byer, 2005 Woodland Art Fair, Lexington, KY
“Thanks for coming into my booth” - Larry Smith
“No, thank you for making my day brighter.” - delighted art patron, Fairhope, AL
“What do you call this style...pointalism?
— Inquiriing art patron — Houston Memorial Show
“This is similar to Pointalism but these are small dashes, not dots.
I call it Dash-a-lisim — It’s a whole new art movement”. — Larry Smith