The personal lives of painters are tragic and inevitable and do not explain the artist. For the artist is his work and… — Sam Francis Copy Share Image
A painter like Picasso, who runs through many periods and phases, ends up by saying all those things which are on the… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. Its… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete… — Terrence Howard Copy Share Image
“I spray the sky fast. Eyes ahead and behind. Looking for cops. Looking for anyone I don't want to be here. Paint… — cath crowley Copy Share Image
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for… — Kurt Schwitters Copy Share Image
People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's difficult to choose between these art forms. Iconography is entirely different from the style of the 15th century masters, who were… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
What inspires me to paint is life, my emotions, through my paintings I want people to understand that life isn't always happy… — Heart Evangelista Copy Share Image
“A painter,” he said, as though the word were an insult. “I’m a writer .” “You’re a writer ? I’m a writer.”… — Ben Monopoli Copy Share Image
You want to make entertainment sometimes, and sometimes you want to make art, because I think the way we understand ourselves as… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Initially I explored the tension between illustration and fine art when I first encountered miniature painting in my late teens. Championing the… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
I went to the Chicago Art Institute, which was the best painting school in the area at that time. And I took… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
the best way to remember a beautiful city or a beautiful painting is to eat something while you are looking at it.… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
What I would hope to do is painting, because I don't think I'm qualified for anything else. My last job would be… — Kristin Bauer van Straten Copy Share Image
“The artist is now giving a first coat of paint to that tautly stretched canvas which the scientist has been so busy… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
When I look at a painting it isn't only the painting I see but the thing that I am. If there is… — Ivan Eyre Copy Share Image
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware,… — M. F. Husain Copy Share Image
Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands… — David Massengill Copy Share Image
A landscape painting is essentially emotional in origin. It exists as a record of an effect in nature whose splendour has moved… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
“producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Paintings are seldom guilty and often framed for crimes they did not commit. Some cover holes-holes in walls, holes in lives. Some… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
No form of art repeats or imitates successfully all that can be said by another; the writer conveys his experience of life… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong, I like to have a good party sometimes. But I really like having my friends over, cooking for… — Daisy Lowe Copy Share Image
In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“I’d love to try to sell a blank white canvas to an art dealer. And when he asks what it is, I’d… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh-- To figure in the Catalogue, And woo the public eye.… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
To some extent, the act of creation and the act of selling are hard to disentangle. If you create something, whether it's… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
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