Quotes by Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd

Australian painter

Lived from: 1920 - 1999

Category: Artists

Born: 24 july 1920 Died: 24 april 1999

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  • Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.
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  • Everything I do is the environment.
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  • I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content.
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  • I think it would be better if nobody owned anything, but they didn't starve. Had enough paint and enough pianos and everything else.
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  • If you can't protect yourself with talk, you won't be alive to protect yourself with guns.
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  • If you make a gun, you are either going to sell it or you are going to use it. And if you're going to sell it, someone else is going to use it.
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  • They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant.
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  • We save paradise by an intense education program where you get people that you can trust to talk sanely about the environment and hope that the message will get through.
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  • You can't make people respond.
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What are the most famous quotes from Arthur Boyd?

The two most famous quotes from Arthur Boyd are:

  • "Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do."
  • "Everything I do is the environment."

When did Arthur Boyd live?

Arthur Boyd was born in 1920 and died in the year 1999.