Zhang Xiaogang Professions : Painter Born : 1958 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Zhang Xiaogang Good art is born from knowing yourself deeply: Your art cannot hide how much you have discovered about yourself. Zhang Xiaogang know-yourself knowing art As an artist, the most important feeling is loneliness. So when I say artists need to isolate themselves from society this is what I mean: You have to look for that feeling of loneliness again. Only this way can you have something that is purely your own. Zhang Xiaogang loneliness artist mean I found everything so remote but, at the same time, familiar when I occasionally looked into the mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums depicted in old literati paintings. My innermost feeling which was awakened by the same mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums has been totally and utterly changed. Moreover, like an apparition, it hides deep down in my vessels. The very trees and rocks have become the storage of memories and emotions from various eras. Forced by the rapid change of time and perspective, I cannot help but feel urged to face up to these things once again. Zhang Xiaogang rocks perspective memories Art isn't a science or a job; it's alive. Zhang Xiaogang alive jobs art I have the belief that a person and his art should have one direction; your work should be a synonym for your person - the two shouldn't be separate. Zhang Xiaogang one-direction should-have art Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors
