“It's not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, for reality is more important than… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
“A painter tries to convey to us a picture of the world as he sees it; an ophthalmologist tries to enable us… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Family photos, pictures of groups, those are truely wonderful. And they are just as good as the old masters, just as rich… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Leonardo's Mona Lisa sure would have lost out if he had spent only 2 of the 4 or 5 years he took… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can… — Peter Cook Copy Share Image
my sitters get tired waiting for commissioned portraits. If they commission me they have to wait years sometimes because I discard so… — William Dobell Copy Share Image
I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Let the painter composing narrative pictures take pleasure in wealth and variety, and avoid repeating any part that occurs in it, so… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A photograph presents itself not only as a visual representation, but as evidence, more convincing than a painting because of the unimpeachable… — John Updike Copy Share Image
other artists - poets, painters, sculptors, musicians - produce something which lives after them and enshrines their memories in positive evidences of… — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
I was always a little bit of a collector and a hoarder. And whenever I got involved in anything, whatever it was… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
“There were canvases in our backseat. We had tried to flog them at Max's Kansas City the night before, but we had… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“In a sudden inspiration, Florentino Ariza opened a can of red paint that was within reach of the bunk, wet his index… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of my skin and my face, and I have no problem not wearing makeup. I don't wear makeup because… — Zendaya Copy Share Image
A painting is an object which has an emphatic frontal surface. On such a surface, I paint a black band which does… — Jo Baer Copy Share Image
I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter. — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
What do artists do? Artists give people something they didn't know they were missing: a dance, a piece of music, a painting,… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Before I start painting I have a slightly ambiguous feeling: happiness is a special excitement because unhappiness is always possible a moment… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Many of us knuckle-dragging brush-painters think that 'behind the times' is part of our job description. Why deny ourselves the authentic journey… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
In the landscape, colors are more neutral than you may think. Pay close attention to this. Small areas of rich color can… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband's with his wife.… — Ilya Kabakov Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself as a great painter; I just feel that art is about expressing your emotions and expressing your feelings,… — Victoria Azarenka Copy Share Image
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
From being a young kid I was always drawing and painting, usually stuff like private parts or bloody images but always with… — Tom Six Copy Share Image
I think we seem to remember things in still pictures. I never gave up on painting. When they said painting was dead,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
You know, one of my - one of my best and, I think, most enlightening moments was when I was contacted by… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a painter and an artist. And it's interesting that in some of my later musical works, I refer… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
I know the world that I am painting is not a reality. It is a whim, an entertainment to provoke something in… — Tim Walker Copy Share Image
When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
It is not right for painters to think that painting is like prostitution, that 'first you do it for love, then you… — Ad Reinhardt Copy Share Image
I don't know any artists or painters, like, "Oh that painting group." I want to write down this idea of a group… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I started my own chat show on Instagram, that also takes time. Then, I have also been singing and painting. I actually… — Sayani Gupta 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
