William Scott Quotes

"There are certain authors that do not turn students on; it is the truth. Homer happens to be one of them."
- William Scott
(Related: Truth, Students)

"You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much."
- William Scott
(Related: People, Want)

"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did."
- William Scott
(Related: Famous)

"I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion."
- William Scott
(Related: Expectation, Illusion, Painting, Worry)

"I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid."
- William Scott
(Related: Act, Expression, Liberty)

"Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it."
- William Scott
(Related: May, Painting)

"On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting."
- William Scott
(Related: Ideas, Economy, Help, Painting)