Jamie Wyeth quotes and sayings
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Jamie Wyeth quotes
- Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.
- Painting is such an individual profession. I'm not performing. There's no audience.
- The great thing about a painter is that he or she lives on - I mean, Andrew Wyeth is more in his paintings than he was walking around.
- The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.
- The things that I paint are things that I know very well.
- There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It's absolutely a world onto itself.
- To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.
- To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.
- Warhol had a huge effect on me. It wasn't that I sought it out. It was more of a natural evolution.
- All my problems and anxieties certainly come out of my work, and that's the way it should be. Other than that, relationships with people I find very, very simple.