John Newman Quotes & Sayings

All good art is abstract. — John Newman

Once I started working, it became better and better. I really felt that I was back into the work. I was glad I was alive. Just being able to draw and paint - even if I can't walk - is worth living for. — John Newman

Don't be afraid of making mistakes or failing. You never really fail anyway unless you actually give up and quit! — John Newman

Reports in matters of this world are many, and our resources of mind for the discrimination of them very insufficient — John Newman

American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they have done, not for what they may do. — John Newman

Before this I tended to paint figures and put them in an environment. Now I paint an environment to put figures in. It's a subtle difference, but it is a difference. It's something I did naturally ... — John Newman

No one can ever take my job away from me. I can always draw as long as I have a piece of paper and a pencil or paints. — John Newman

I'm really creating abstract shapes and relationships that work together. They come together and give the illusion of reality, but they're really abstract shapes. If you look at individual shapes, they aren't the shape of anything, but together they give you the illusion of hills and sun and flowers. — John Newman

Living movements do not come out of committees. — John Newman