An intrinsic part of the whole delicious, exuberant fun, and joy of painting consists in simply not having … - Mervyn Levy

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The Holy Spirit never convicts (Christians) of your sins. He never comes to point out your faults…. It does not take a revelation from the Holy Spirit to see that you have failed. However, when you know that you’ve failed what you do need is for the Holy Spirit to convict you of your righteousness.

Mervyn Levy

An intrinsic part of the whole delicious, exuberant fun, and joy of painting consists in simply not having to bother about making a mess, either of one's person, or of the surroundings in which one is at work.

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The activity of painting: A thrilling tussle between the artist's materials and his inspiration.

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A drawing of the nude is a most revealing expression because it is at once the most private and the most personal. Often such drawings are made with no thought of public exhibition. They possess the intimacy of diaries.

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The true work of art continues to unfold and create within the personality of the spectator. It is a continuous coming into being.

Art, Continuous, Personality, Spectators, Unfold, Work

It is now an accepted fact that the expression of emotion through painting. . . is a source of deep psychological satisfaction. . . It is a system which can also in some measure, even compensate for the lack of emotional fulfilment in human relationships.

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Sketching is the breath of art: it is the most refreshing of all the more impulsive forms of creative self-expression and, as such, it should be as free, and happy, as a song in the bath.

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