S
Seurat, Schiele, Segantini, Sargent, Stella, Strindberg, Stubbs, Sweerts, Severini, Sorolla, Signac, great "S"s
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Science
Art is made to disconcert, science to reassure
G.Braque
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Sculptor
The sculptor is an athlete; he turns around the model and the work in progress
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Second assessment
The second assessment is the bread and butter of the expert
J-A-A
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Secondhand Dealer
The secondhand dealer is a gold digger in the leftovers of the privileged
J-A-A
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See
If people could see and see well, see fully, they would paint. All of them ! And it is because people have no idea how to look that they hardly ever understand painting.
P. Bonnard
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Shade
From shade to light: the knowledge of a great art dealer
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Shell
Painting owes a lot to the egg: its yolk, its white and even its shell
J-A-A
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Signature
The signature is often the godsend for experts. Without it, it would be more difficult
J-A-A
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Silence
If private viewings took place in silence, I would be seen in them
J-A-A
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Simplicity
One can be used to praise yet live very simply
R-S-M
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Site
The akoun.com site is a little jewel. Your passion animates ours with every click.
Durand
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Sketch
A sketch is the rough copy of a drawing
J-A-A
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Sketching
Sketching means drawing with gusto
J-A-A
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Sky
Fortunately the sky is not always grey, so we can change the background of numerous paintings
J-A-A
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Snow
Snow is difficult to paint; white is too
J.P.A.A
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Solvent
Solvent can never remove a lack of talent
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Source
Art takes its source from the artist; the critic bottles it.
J-A-A
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Specialist
The amateur or professional specialist is often brighter than anybody else
J-A-A
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Speculator
Speculators shouldn't have the right to abode in the world of art
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Speech
Man rejects a lot; he spits, he vomits, he breaks wind, he coughs, he blows his nose, he defecates, he urinates, he sneezes, he ejaculates, he bleeds, he cries, he exhales, he secretes; but the worst thing of all is that he speaks. It's just as well that art exists.
J-A-A
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Spray
The spray is for the tagger what the paintbrush is for the painter
J-A-A
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Stamp
The stamp is the cabinetmaker's signature
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Stamp
When there's the artist's stamp there's no need for a signature
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Statue
There is nothing static in a beautiful statue; it catches the light and seems to move.
J-A-A
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Stencil
At present we couldn't care less about the stencil
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Still life
It's a prettier term than the French 'nature morte'
J.P.A.A
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Stone
Modern lithographs no longer break either bricks or stones
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Stretcher
The stretcher is the backbone of the canvas, it is also a beautiful model
J-A-A
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Style
Style and genre are the enemies of personality
J-A-A
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Suburb
The suburb produces two sorts of artist: the creative and the athletic
J-A-A
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Suffer
Learn to suffer without complaining; learn to consider pain without repugnance;
that is when one risks getting giddy.
V. VAN GOGH
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Suicide
I think about it and then forget about it. If I am alive it is because of my bad memory.
J-A-A
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Supply
Bids and upward movements: supply and demand
J-A-A
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