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Balthus's Profile

Brief about Balthus: By info that we know Balthus was born at 1908-02-29. And also Balthus is French Artist.

Some Balthus's quotes. Goto "Balthus's quotation" section for more.

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

Tags: Cannot, Draw, Eyes

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

Tags: Great, Painting, Pleasure

I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.

Tags: Attempt, Best, Worst

The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.

Tags: Begin, Best, Known

I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.

Tags: Desire, Leave, Touch

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

Tags: Anyone, Left, Painting

I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

Tags: Art, Refuse, Write

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

Tags: Another, Cannot, Language

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.

Tags: Emotions, Order, Possible

Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.

Tags: Experience, Great, Work
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