Charley Toorop on Time
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Charley Toorop, catalogued under time, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Charley Toorop, entry #42748: "Made desperate attempts - worked for 3 weeks on a self-portrait intended for you, have scratched off everything yesterday! Maybe I can go on with it again in the studio ."
Attributed to Charley Toorop, entry #223628: "..a painted or drawn portrait should look more alike than a photo. A photo only presents the moment itself, but in a well-painted portrait you can recognize somebody in all his ex…"
4 Quotes by Charley Toorop on Time
"Made desperate attempts - worked for 3 weeks on a self-portrait intended for you, have scratched off everything yesterday! Maybe I can go on with it again in the studio ."
"..a painted or drawn portrait should look more alike than a photo. A photo only presents the moment itself, but in a well-painted portrait you can recognize somebody in all his expressions. Every day you have to be able to see something else in it."
"I managed to work two mornings on Eddy's portrait in the large painting 'Three Generations' and I could go on working each morning for 1 1/2 hour., so there is some progress .. ..they come now every month for a stay of a few days , for I hope to finish the painting at the end of the year, so I can exhibit it at my large retrospective exhibition."
"I have an idea - that still-life with the two bouquets I still have here.. .It will fit in your home perfectly - and I would really like to see it hanging there myself.. .You don't have to pay it at once if that doesn't suit you now. Then pay me in 2 times 100 for example,. in the beginning of next year?. .You will be happy with it - ànd - the painting is in the right place.."