Balthus Quotes

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

Eyes, Cannot, Draw

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

Great, Painting, Pleasure

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.
Balthus

Desire, Leave, Touch

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

Best, Find, 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.
Balthus

Best, Nothing, Known

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.
Balthus

Anyone, Left, Painting

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

Art, Write, Refuse

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

Cannot, Another, Language

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

Possible, Emotions, Order

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

Work, Great, Experience

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Artist

Born: February 29, 1908

Died: February 18, 2001

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