Thomas S. Buechner Quotes

• It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.

  Thomas S. Buechner

  Lying, Emotional, Artist

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• Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better.

  Thomas S. Buechner

  Worry, Advice, Good Work

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• I'm interested in human vulnerability. We are alone, and my portraits reflect this quality. I don't want anything to get in the way of this feeling.

  Thomas S. Buechner

  Feelings, Quality, Way

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• An artist is either good at color or good at value but rarely good at both. I focus on the tonal range, the dark-light effects, rather than the full color range of bright colors. I just don't know what to do with all those cadmiums.

  Thomas S. Buechner

  Dark, Artist, Color

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• I have never painted as well as I thought I should, so frustration came early.

  Thomas S. Buechner

  Frustration, Should, Wells

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• Have you ever hung a piece of black velvet behind you and looked at yourself in the mirror? We are each of us quite alone, and that's what I try to paint.

  Thomas S. Buechner

  Mirrors, Black, Trying

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• A single model enables me to focus on one thing at a time, separating design and form and color into three successive stages.

  Thomas S. Buechner

  Color, Focus, Design

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