Igor Babailov Quotes

• Art is an international language, understood by all.

  Igor Babailov

  Art, Language, Understood

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• As the spiral of modern art history continues to wind down, we can see the increasing demand for tradition in the visual arts.

  Igor Babailov

  Art, Wind, Demand

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• The ability to draw from life determines the artist's skill. This is why live drawing classes have always been at the top of the curriculum for properly structured academic workshops.

  Igor Babailov

  Artist, Class, Skills

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• Envy derives from insecurity.

  Igor Babailov

  Envy, Insecurity

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• Painting is a mosaic of colors weaved into a seamless whole.

  Igor Babailov

  Color, Mosaics, Painting

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• One can compare art education to the solid foundation for a house - once it's built properly, it will hold any shape or form you will place on it.

  Igor Babailov

  Art, House, Foundation

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• If you have ambitions to go beyond your dreams, you should not seek to copy others' styles, but rather aim to acquire the fundamentals of the timeless principles of academic school, which is a prerequisite for the development of your Uniqueness as an Artist.

  Igor Babailov

  Dream, Ambition, School

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• It is far easier to debate about realistic painting than to paint one.

  Igor Babailov

  Painting, Debate, Realistic

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• Artists with the lack of proper education and experience of working from life will copy whatever is visible on the photograph, without knowing what's underneath. As a result, instead of creating the in-depth and full of character portrait, they draw a mask with no soul.

  Igor Babailov

  Character, Artist, Creating

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• Painting should educate and enrich. Modern painting merely offers a split-second emotion: You see it, you have an instant reaction and move on. Instead, real painting can be looked at over and over again and each time it has something new.

  Igor Babailov

  Real, Moving, Splits

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• Art Education is as important for a realist artist as an Alphabet is to learn a language.

  Igor Babailov

  Art, Important, Alphabet

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• Even though these are different times, right now we are particularly thinking about what is leadership, and Washington's qualities are as needed today as they were at the founding of this great nation.

  Igor Babailov

  Thinking, Patriotism, Quality

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• Portrait painters' mission is to portray people and the beauty of Creation. They should stay clear of ego.

  Igor Babailov

  People, Ego, Portraits

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• The purpose of Art Education is to teach you how to draw.

  Igor Babailov

  Education, Art, Purpose

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• It's a luxury to have so much time, especially with someone so important and busy. You have to get a feel for the person.

  Igor Babailov

  Luxury, Important, Busy

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• Even when you paint, you never stop drawing.

  Igor Babailov

  Drawing, Paint

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• Don't share your secrets if you preface them with 'just don't tell anybody.

  Igor Babailov

  Trust, Secret, Share

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• Perhaps one of the most essential exercises in learning to paint is the copying of master works in the museums.

  Igor Babailov

  Exercise, Museums, Copying

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• It is sinful for students to badmouth their teachers and sinful for teachers to mislead their students.

  Igor Babailov

  Teacher, Teaching, Students

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• Different instructors' approaches may 'clash' with each other and result in confusion and unclear direction for the students. It's like attempting to learn how to write using both hands at the same time. How far would you go?

  Igor Babailov

  Teaching, Writing, Hands

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• Whether it is drawing or painting, skilled Artists usually deliver a faster result without jeopardizing the quality, simply because they don't have to waste their time on fixing mistakes.

  Igor Babailov

  Mistake, Artist, Drawing

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• We're all God's children. We are all special people, and the Pope is no different.

  Igor Babailov

  Children, Special People, Religion

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• Insecurity prevents young artists from 'flying' and older artists from being 'down to earth.' Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility.

  Igor Babailov

  Humility, Artist, Flying

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• In visual art it's better once to see, than one hundred times to hear.

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  Art, Knowledge, Hundred

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• I choose to paint beauty.

  Igor Babailov

  Beauty, Paint

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