Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline. Jamie Wyeth More Quotes by Jamie Wyeth More Quotes From Jamie Wyeth I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do. Jamie Wyeth every-daydayhobbiespaint The things that I paint are things that I know very well. Jamie Wyeth wellthingsknowpaint We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question. Jamie Wyeth neverthinkmefather I'm a very boring person, and all I do is want to paint and to record what I feel moves me or what interests me, and that can be in the form of a pig or in the form of President Kennedy. Jamie Wyeth personfeelmeboring The quality I most loved in Warhol - it was his sense of wonder. I mean, he was - absolutely everything was, 'Oh my God, isn't that wonderful!'. You know, and so it wasn't that he was cool and kind of calculated at all. He was very childlike. Jamie Wyeth coolyouqualitygod I just can't whip off a likeness of somebody. Jamie Wyeth whipsomebodyoffjust With a creature, there's no voice, so the eyes become the voice. When you get eye-to-eye contact, a real connection, it's limitless - and incredibly thrilling. Jamie Wyeth eyesyouvoicereal Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease. Jamie Wyeth morenothingbeingknowing Animals are not cute. They are disturbing. Pigs do eat their young. Actually, I hate pigs. I just happen to have some who are friends of mine. Jamie Wyeth happenfriendshatecute Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall. Jamie Wyeth standyourbeingyou To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving. Jamie Wyeth doingmepaintingmoving Dance looks absurd on film, I think, like little puppets moving around. Jamie Wyeth thinkdancelooksmoving 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. Jamie Wyeth goodmemusicdance I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It's a microcosm. Jamie Wyeth livemeyouworld The problem with having the name Wyeth is that immediately, when people hear the name, they all of a sudden see weathered barns in a field or something. Jamie Wyeth nameseeproblempeople
