VISUAL ARTIST - RAMSEY, JEREMY
QUOTATIONS
"Painting is a great joy to me and occupies my thoughts most of the time, I think creating something with one's hands is one of the deepest and most satisfying pleasures in life. It is very important that an artist enjoys what he is going. If there is no enjoyment, the results cannot be really good."
"I went into business instead of pursuing an art career because I was not prepared to suffer the sacrifices which an artist had to make. I was not strong-willed enough to endure that type of life. However, I hope to be able to continue painting for perhaps another 20 years."
"I cannot begin to paint unless I have something burning away in my mind. This process often goes on for some weeks or months before I commit brush to canvas. This does not mean that the fire would not burn out sometimes.
When things start to go wrong in the middle of a painting, it is a very worrying and depressing experience. The surest therapy, I have found, is to go to my art library and spend a few hours there looking at the works of great artists, seeing the way they solved their problems, how they made difficult things look easy. After this, I feel renewed and I return to work with confidence and a reinforced vigour."
