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Raphael Soyer Quotes

Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident.

Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident.

Raphael Soyer
Kind, Certain, Brushes

If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.

Raphael Soyer
Art, People, Life And Time
Raphael Soyer, Walter Gutman (1961). “Paintings and drawings”

From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives and times.

Raphael Soyer
Art, Communication, People

Tolstoy's definition of art is the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception.

Raphael Soyer
Art, Feelings, Perception

If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.

Raphael Soyer
One Day, Routine, Paint

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