Quotes by Ken Danby

Ken Danby

Abstraction and realism work best together.

Abstraction

Realism

Together

Art is a necessity – an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts.

Art

Enlightenment

Essentials

Art is a necessity, an essential part of our enlightenment process.

Art

Enlightenment

Essentials

Art is completely subjective. It’s up to the viewer to judge whether or not it has merit.

Art

Judging

Merit

As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal – at the exclusion of none.

Artist

Elements

Vision

Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.

Art

Creative

Expression

Desire is everything, not talent. It’s the degree of one’s desire that will dictate the extent of one’s success, in any endeavour.

Degrees

Desire

Talent

Don’t cater to the audience. Inspire the audience.

Audience

Inspire

Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one’s development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path – and be true to himself.

Artist

Development

Emulation

Growing up in Northern Ontario provided me with a strong affinity for the natural environment that was so eloquently responded to by Tom Thomson and his colleagues. The concept of this painting grew out of a number of forays into Algonquin over the years. From its conception I intended Algonquin to be a subtle tribute to Tom Thomson. But I also wanted it to be a response to the natural beauty that so typifies the grandeur of Ontario’s first provincial park.

Growing Up

Numbers

Strong

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Abstraction

Answers

Art

Artist

Audience

Awe

Barren

Believe

Commodity

Conformity

Conscious

Creative

Degrees

Desire

Details

Development

Done

Drawing

Educational

Elements

Emulation

Enlightenment

Essentials

Expression

Eye

Foundation

Growing Up

Human Condition

Inspiration

Inspire

Instinct

Judging

Judgment

Life

Math

May

Merit

Motivation

Numbers

Painting

Priorities

Progress

Realism

Sake

Solitude

Strong

Talent

Teacher

Teaching

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Quotes by Ken Danby

Ken Danby

Abstraction and realism work best together.

Art is a necessity – an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts.

Art is a necessity, an essential part of our enlightenment process.

Art is completely subjective. It’s up to the viewer to judge whether or not it has merit.

As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal – at the exclusion of none.

Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.

Desire is everything, not talent. It’s the degree of one’s desire that will dictate the extent of one’s success, in any endeavour.

Don’t cater to the audience. Inspire the audience.

Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one’s development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path – and be true to himself.

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