Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
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The No. 1 quote critics give me is, 'Thom, your work is irrelevant.' Now, that's a fascinating, fascinating comment. Yes, irrelevant to the little subculture, this microculture, of modern art. But here's the point: My art is relevant because it's relevant to 10 million people. That makes me the most relevant artist in this culture.
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What I paint touches on foundational life values. Home, family, peacefulness. And one of the messages I try to constantly get across is, 'Slow it down and enjoy every moment.'
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A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.
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The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I'm on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore dignity to the arts and, by extension, to the culture.
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Every painting I do blends time frames. The great thing about being an artist is I can make the past join the present in some reality of the future.
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I've always been drawn to artists who paint for the everyday person. I love the American illustrators.
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Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words.
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My whole life was absorbed with my art. I was known by my schoolmates as the kid who could draw.
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I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.
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And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
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From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
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A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
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Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.