Ken Danby Quotes
Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts.
Learn to nurture and trust your instincts as well as your conscious reasoning. Often, one's instincts will offer the better judgment.
The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.
Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.
Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.
As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal - at the exclusion of none.
The role of the artist is like that of an explorer and a teacher - a teacher of seeing. No one is more capable of conveying this enlightenment than the artist.
I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's done.
Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.
Whenever I'm asked to identify my best work, or my favorite, my answer has always been the same - 'My next one!'
Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.
Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact the words are an intrusion on the experience.
My paintings don't simply represent what I see; they present viewers with what I want them to see.
There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.
In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole.
