2 SPANISH PAINTERS

After getting to know these 2 spanish painters better.
Let's see one common point in their personality.

"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.”Dali

My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

They were both, immensely self confident, almost megalomaniacs.

Dali speaking about Picasso : "Picasso is spanish,so do I. Picasso is a painter : so do I. Picasso is communist : neither do I…”. Isn't that way to tell things is funny ?

QUOTE # 1

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

”I am not strange, I am just not normal.”

You were right Mr Dali, it would be boring if we were all just normal.

“It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself”

SKY WATCH FRIDAY

This picture for Sky Watch has been registered to be posted later. (I haven't Internet connexions on my place of holiday). Thanks to those who come to watch my Parisian Sky even if I'm not registered on Jane and Tom's blog. Thanks also to Sandy and Imac who are co-organisers. Sky above Paris, view from Montmartre , le Sacré Coeur.
It reminds me a poem of Paul Verlaine:

Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit...

Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit,
Si bleu, si calme !
Un arbre, par-dessus le toit,
Berce sa palme.

La cloche, dans le ciel qu'on voit,
Doucement tinte.
Un oiseau sur l'arbre qu'on voit
Chante sa plainte.

Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, la vie est là,
Simple et tranquille.
Cette paisible rumeur-là
Vient de la ville.

--Qu'as-tu fait, ô toi que voilà
Pleurant sans cesse,
Dis, qu'as-tu fait, toi que voilà,
De ta jeunesse ?

(Translation of G. Hall, 1947):
The sky-blue smiles above the roof
Its tenderest.
A green tree rears above the roof
Its waving crest.

The church-bell in the windless sky
Peaceably rings
,A skylark soaring in the sky
Endlessly sings.

My God, my God, all life is there,
Simple and sweet.
The soothing bee-hive murmur there
Comes from the street.

What have you done, ô you that weep
In the glad sun,
Say, with your youth, you man that weep,
What have you done?

QUOTE # 2

I really mike this drawing, with a few lines, he managed to symbolize Don Quichotte .

Anecdote :

Picasso was used to eat in famous restaurants. He drew on the paper tablecloth sketches and other drawings.

Once, the resaturant owner proposed to forget the bill if Picasso accepted to leave his work of Art.

A few minutes later, the owner came and asked for a request ; "Master, would you please, sign your drawing?" Picasso shaked his head and said : " No, I pay the bill, but I don't buy the restaurant"

"Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it? "

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."

EXCENTRIC PAINTER

Do you know who have painted this picture?

Look at the perspective.
The light.
And its shadow. Specially, the one of the arm.

Go and make your proposal.

Very impressive, and unusual for a surrealist paintor.
He is spanish.
From the 20th century.

Excentric : ("At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since." the painter)

interested in every thing concerning art, as cinéma, design, graphism.... He also has designed the very famous little logo which is sold every where in Latin Europa.

As surprising as it seems, the paintor is Salvador DALI.



Megalomania in the air

"Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy - the joy of being Salvador Dalí - and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things this Salvador Dalí is going to accomplish today?" - Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí




I'm not surrealists'fan, maybe I'm too much realist. Sorry for his devotee.
But I admit that I've watch once this painting of Christ of Saint John of the Cross, years and years ago, and never forget it. I realize with this artwork, that Dali was a great realist painter too, in this particular occasion. I learnt, at this time, not to judge immediately.



If you search more you can even find this one, in an other style, but also very realist.








That's my selection. Maybe it wouldn't be yours.

SIMPLE + EXOTIC = AMBIGUOUS

I answered this quizz, I found at Roger's blog, Screed in Time. I find these quizz funny, they circulate from one blog to another,

You Are Chopsticks

People see you as exotic, unusual, and even a bit intimidating. Exotic, yes I am : ) for you all who aren't french, cause if you're one of my fellow-countrymen you read the french version, I guess? Unusual ; see "Exotic" Intimidating ! ! rellay forget it, we're among friends, no ? I guess too! You are a difficult person to figure out I didn't manage myself. I have so many centres of interest . Don't even try to figure me out, it's a waste of efforts. Look at this blog, it began with bad scrapbooking, then I continued with daily life, newspapers comments, pictures, travel, genealogy, quizz, Sky Watch, . . . . and I have still many ideas .. Oh and sometimes, according to me, maybe very often, according to others, I'm excessive. In all. In truth, you try to live a very simple life. Simple , yes, it's true. Maybe, hyperactive and a little bit in a hurry for others. Although, I have periods of laziness, especially for tasks I don't want to do. That's what the quizz says, in truth, I'm like every body, I yearn to have a simple life. (with no task at all). But most people are too frenzied to recognize the beauty of your simplicity. Really ? I hope this quizz show you a facet of my personality.

What Utensil Are You?

Now, that I 've played with it, I let it to you : )

SKY WATCH FRIDAY

Mid-July

Here, holiday time.

Tickets have been booked for you on our National air plane company.

You're arrived to visit our French Sky.
Above Paris.

You'll visit Le Louvre.

And its curiosity.


Too bad you passed so fast!

Transit by Paris, then go and watch other Skies all over the world,

your travel agency is

Sky Watch Friday

Thanks to the new aircrew , Jane and Tom, Sandy and Imac to make the Sky Watch Friday blog what it is.

I wish you a great trip.