Author: Balthus

Quotes

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.

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.

- Balthus

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

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

- Balthus

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

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

- Balthus

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

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

- Balthus

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

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

- Balthus

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

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

- Balthus

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