Thomas Kinkade Quotes

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Thomas Kinkade

Profession : Artist

Birth : January 19, 1958

People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of living, the beauty of nature, quiet, tranquillity, peace, joy, hope. They beckon you into this world that provides an alternative to your nightly news broadcast.

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I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney, in that I really like to make people happy.

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I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.

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Each of us is a small part of God's plan. I'm a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God.

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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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I began my career creating art for an animated feature film, and it has been a life-long dream to tell some of the story of my own life - the story behind my art - through the medium of motion pictures.

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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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My paintings always feature trails that dissolve into mysterious areas, patches of light that lead the eye around corners, pathways, open gates, etc.

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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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Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words.

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I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.

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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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The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist.

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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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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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I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.

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I've never been at odds with the world of contemporary artists. If there is any animosity, it's one-sided.

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High culture is paranoid about sentiment. But human beings are intensely sentimental.

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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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This world is very dark, but in Heaven there is no darkness.

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