S.H. Raza - Ideas Quotes

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Everyone sees for himself, the artist also sees for himself. Others see where ideas coincide, or whether they agree or disagree. There is no binding, no forcing of things. It has to be a free association of ideas.

S.H. Raza

To draw and paint is an elementary thing, it has to be done. But it can be a mental process, intellectual process, thought process. It is a question of temperament of each artist, there are abstract painters, figurative painters, painters who work in silence or who don't want to work at all, but they continue with ideas in their mind and in their soul. It's very fascinating; it's a vast area without rules or regulations.

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Installations are usually very mediocre. These new ideas are alright to promote themselves but I think real promotion can be done if they make good paintings or good sculptures.

S.H. Raza

Sometimes I start with very little and it grows. Sometimes it grows up to a thing, and doesn't continue further or it does continue further, which I call vistaar, or expansion, or developing the same idea into space or intensity. There's no hard or fast rule you see. It happens.

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