How Will You Paint Your Dream?
The creativity of artists is not only limited to their artistic workmanship; it many times shows up in the language they employ when talking about the world they live in and the observations they make. Pablo Picasso is one such example; a genius with both words and design.
"We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."
In this intriguing paradoxical observation, Picasso is presenting the idea that artists capture "reality" through their creations, which helps observers gain more of an understanding through those interpretations and reach new levels of enlightment.
Picasso - Girl Before a Mirror, 1932
Many other brilliant artisans (in various mediums) have offered similar thoughts:
- "The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized." - Andre Gide
- "I shut my eyes in order to see." - Paul Gauguin
Gauguin - Parau Api Aka What News
- "Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of art." - Oscar Wilde
- "First I dream my painting, then I paint my dream." - Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh - Green Wheat Field
What is your dream and how will you choose to "paint" it?
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 5:09PM
Reader Comments (1)
What an awesome post! I love the quotes and especially the paintings you choose to accompany the text.
Also, what a great way to think about one's dreams: as a something that we paint.
Thanks!
xoxo