Top 9 Quotes by Audrey Flack

What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.

What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.

Inspirational, Art, Writing

I believe in the energy of art, and through the use of that energy, the artist's ability to transform his or her life, and by example, the lives of others.

Audrey Flack

Art, Believe, Energy

Audrey Flack (1986). “Art & soul: notes on creating”, Dutton Adult

For me art is a continuous discovery into reality, an exploration of visual data which has been going on for centuries, each artist contributing to the next generation's advancement. I wanted to go a step further and extend the boundaries.

Audrey Flack

Art, Reality, Data

Audrey Flack, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Patricia Hills, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery (1992). “Breaking the rules: Audrey Flack, a retrospective 1950-1990”, Harry N Abrams Inc

Art is a protest against death.

Audrey Flack

Art, Protest, Art Is

There is an instinct for realism, a powerful drive to reproduce oneself. The fascination of photorealistic paintings lies partly in their apparent replication of life, but these are not merely replications. These paintings are often out of life scale, varying from over life-size to under life-size, from brilliant, heightened color to pale, undertone hues.

Audrey Flack

Powerful, Lying, Color

Audrey Flack (1986). “Art & soul: notes on creating”, Dutton Adult

If you can't paint, paint Big.

Audrey Flack

Rejection, Paint, Bigs

Visualize what you want to do before you do it. Visualization is so powerful that when you know what you want, you will get it.

Audrey Flack

Powerful, Imagination, Want

First I have tried to achieve the highest quality of technical facility possible so that I have at my fingertips the availability to create anything I want. Then I paint.

Audrey Flack

Technology, Availability, Quality