Short Quotes - Author Balthus Showing 1 - 10 of 10 Add Quote One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. Balthus Eyes Upvote0 I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings. Balthus Desire Upvote0 I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. Balthus Will Upvote0 Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really. Balthus Language Upvote0 Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish. Balthus Painting Upvote0 Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible. Balthus Chaos Upvote0 Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. Balthus Experience Upvote0 The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings. Balthus Nothing Upvote0 The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century. Balthus Painting Upvote0 I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art. Balthus Art Upvote0