The Fall of Icarus and The Triumph, 1971-72
Acrylic
121.9 x 91.4 cms
48 x 36 ins
48 x 36 ins
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Anyone who is concerned with doing a thing as well as it can be done, during this brief vale of tears, is perhaps saved many temptations. This is because of an absolute value. People can be marvellously articulate about a philosophical idea. A profound religion can be split into many facets. But finally it all comes down to being as reasonable as one can. And to doing the job as well as one can, in everything.My work is a world only touched. And to carry on is far more important than anything else. I feel this is the beginning of other things, another sort of happiness. My drawings and paintings are all steps and I don’t go back on them. They are part of one’s restrictions and part of one’s little gift. They are absolutely part of you because with every step you take, you don’t think about believing in it, you do believe in it. Yet I should like to paint things which are so rich and intense that they will annihilate what has gone before.One can only paint anything at all, whatever the subject, through knowing it. And one must love it and be moved more than one can say; and certainly more than I care to talk about. In a sense nothing in art can be explained. And the only talking that is worth talking is drawing and painting. The irony is to be well enough just to live long enough.
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008
Anyone who is concerned with doing a thing as well as it can be done, during this brief vale of tears, is perhaps saved many temptations. This is because of an absolute value. People can be marvellously articulate about a philosophical idea. A profound religion can be split into many facets. But finally it all comes down to being as reasonable as one can. And to doing the job as well as one can, in everything.My work is a world only touched. And to carry on is far more important than anything else. I feel this is the beginning of other things, another sort of happiness. My drawings and paintings are all steps and I don’t go back on them. They are part of one’s restrictions and part of one’s little gift. They are absolutely part of you because with every step you take, you don’t think about believing in it, you do believe in it. Yet I should like to paint things which are so rich and intense that they will annihilate what has gone before.One can only paint anything at all, whatever the subject, through knowing it. And one must love it and be moved more than one can say; and certainly more than I care to talk about. In a sense nothing in art can be explained. And the only talking that is worth talking is drawing and painting. The irony is to be well enough just to live long enough.
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008
Provenance
Artist's EstatePrivate Collection
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