{"id":11331,"date":"2012-06-07T12:02:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T12:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=11331"},"modified":"2016-07-19T21:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T21:07:01","slug":"visual-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.ie\/blog\/2012\/06\/visual-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Words in Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is a picture worth a thousand words? For some artists, their work represents nearly all of their words. They use their chosen medium as both a cathartic process and as a communication vehicle. The catharsis is the self-expression or venting of thoughts and feelings that just have to come out \u2013 a kind of involuntary act. Stage two is more deliberate \u2013 a choice of medium to communicate something they feel they cannot say as accurately with words.<\/p>\n

“If you could say it in words, there’d be no reason to paint.” – Edward Hopper<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Road in Maine by Edward Hopper<\/p><\/div>\n

While the aforementioned is true for many, and it is a constant that all great artists have a way to convey emotion and messages on the canvas (or their chosen medium), it seems some also have the ability to provoke profound reflection in words when it comes to something near and dear to their hearts, something they are passionate about: their craft. Over the years, some artists have painted pictures with words as well. Here\u2019s a small glimpse:<\/p>\n

\u201cArt is not what you see, but what you make others see.” \u2013 Edgar Degas<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Edgar Degas At the Races, Gentlemen Jockeys 1877-80 Musee d'Orsay, Paris.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018\u2019Great art picks up where nature ends.\u2019\u2019 \u2013 Marc Chagall<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

I and the Village by Marc Chagall Image: MoMA<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHave no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.” \u2013 Salvador Dali<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Sleep by Salvador Dali Image: Dali.com<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe painting has a life of its own.\u201d \u2013 Jackson Pollock<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Convergence by Jackson Pollock <\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.” \u00a0\u2014 Henri Matisse<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Tristel by Henri Matisse Image: Centre Pompidou <\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t say everything, but I paint everything.\u201d \u2013 Pablo Picasso<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso Image: MoMA<\/p><\/div>\n

Still others have said things so profound and true that it immortalized the words:<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019I wish they\u2019d had Zatista when I was painting.\u2019\u2019 – Van Gogh<\/p>\n

Related articles<\/h6>\n