When an artist begins to count strokes instead of regarding nature he is lost. This preoccupation with technique, at the expense of… — Joaquin Sorolla Copy Share Image
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to… — Balthus Copy Share Image
I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
The history of American art, in a way, begins with Jackson Pollock and his big paintings. This theme of bigness - all… — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
“It is not possible to have schools for painting; there are only painters. Schools have no use except for discerning the analytic… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
By the time I discovered Chicano painters in the mid-'80s, I recognized that these guys were really world-class painters, but they weren't… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
For a hundred years, modern painters, stubbornly and in the face of incessant hostility, have moved, step by step, leaving superb monuments… — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, young Russian artists are in a difficult position today. Painting, like all other arts, rests on a continuity of experience. More… — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
“I think of something I read about Sargent: how in portraiture, Sargent always looked for the animal in the sitter (a tendency… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“The sense of pleasure you get creating something that doesn’t exist is inexplicable. I can never explain this joy in words. I… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
“Hiring A Drywall Contractor in Portland Oregon You can check reviews from customers and find out as much as you can concerning… — Brian Erik Jamison Copy Share Image
My earliest drawing is a supposed Carracci. It wasn't very expensive, I guess, because they don't know if it's a real Carracci.… — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
Some say it appears that painting has come to an end. I say the problem is that the painters' curiosity has come… — Guity Novin Copy Share Image
Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
“Is this the main thing that painters of portraits care about? The person on the verge of becoming someone else?” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“You can never kill the spirit of an artist. They will always rewrite their resurrection and paint an eternal sunset with a… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Regardless of its quality, no one wants to destroy what they created after so many sleepless nights. This is what distinguishes an… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
I am constantly amazed at how little painters know about painting, writers about writing, merchants about business, manufacturers about manufacturing. Most men… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden… — Fernand Point Copy Share Image
The fact that in the last 10 years only five of the 40 Turner Prize nominees have been painters tells you more… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are painters or very famous artists who start to become artists after they are dead because an audience or a… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some… — Brian Wildsmith Copy Share Image
“You have wavered uncertainly between two systems, between drawing and coloring, between the painstaking phlegm, the stiff precision, of the old German… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I think I'm built like a painter. I have friends who are painters and they reflect a similar psychological attitude towards their… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York… — Ad Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer.… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
Studio Ghosts: When you're in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends,… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
I don't like to make a distinction between the writer and the painter , finally , because I do both things anyway… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“My dear fellow why have you any reason? What odd chaps you painters are. You do anything in the world to gain… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn't even start to 'peak', as you say,… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
“What odd chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
