Danny Fox Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Danny Fox
To make music I rely on other people, which is good - that's the main difference in painting and music at this stage. They are separate parts of my life really, like having two jobs, one in a bar, one in a lighthouse. — Danny Fox
Some of my work is very instinctive, some of my favourite things I've ever done are just two minute sketches, nothing is better when you get it like that so quick, then other work takes months. — Danny Fox
I sometimes use music as way of getting back to a certain time, dredging up stuff from the past and putting it down on canvas. — Danny Fox
I don't think of myself as a rebellious artist, a lot of people have said that about me because I came from Cornwall and choose to paint people in what they considered to be an urban style instead of Cornish landscapes. I've never agreed with them. It's bullshit. — Danny Fox
A lot of my words come to me when I'm out and about as well, riding the bus or sat in the pub. I went through a stage of going to a strip bar called the White Horse at lunch times and did a lot of writing in there. They were fine with that but I don't know how they would feel about me setting up the easel. — Danny Fox
I don't really need to be inspired by literature though. At the end of the day it's colour and imagery moved around until it works. — Danny Fox
Sometimes I just want to sit and write at a clean table and not get paint all over my hands. — Danny Fox
If you can see a world within a portrait I would be happy with that. I don't want to tell the story with a painting, though. I'm trying to get away from the story- from the beginning and the ending. — Danny Fox
Women really like the horses, more so than men. — Danny Fox
Painting can be like poetry but as somebody who creates both I feel the necessity for both so they cant be that similar. Sometimes I think it's as basic as not wanting to get dirty. — Danny Fox
I have no way of knowing what you are going to feel when you look at one of my paintings; I only know what I feel. — Danny Fox
I used to use a lot of words in the paintings but stopped because it created a narrative - or an answer to a question. — Danny Fox
I like to listen to a lot of classical music when I'm painting, the most simplistic stuff I can find. I like simple piano. — Danny Fox
The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm trying to hit, however I don't feel I have much control over it. — Danny Fox