I was an abstract expressionist before I had seen any abstract expressionist paintings. I started when I was a kid and continued… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Painting for process is the visual equivalent of journal writing, done not for the sake of being seen or published, but purely… — Michele Cassou Copy Share Image
Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Because I went to Chouinard, which then became CalArts, I became a multi-discipline artist - it wasn't just about painting, it was… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
“The stroke of the brush was the evidence of the gesture of your arm. A record of your existence, the quality of… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as… — John Constable Copy Share Image
When I say be creative I don't mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of artists were members of the artistic union. It gave you the possibility to buy paints, canvases, brushes, even the… — Ilya Kabakov Copy Share Image
“How do I describe him now? Where do I start? How do I distill the first impression created in those few distance… — Dorit Rabinyan Copy Share Image
As a child growing up among artists I learned to think of a picture not as a finished product exposed for the… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
What really interests me about capturing and suspending movement is that I get to experience something invisible and inaudible, as elusive and… — James Nares Copy Share Image
I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of… — Jenny Saville Copy Share Image
The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
“was a bird. A bird struggling through stickiness: a bird coated in paint, floundering in its nest, splashing color everywhere. Red. Red.… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Leon Golub was a painter. He was an artist struggling to make it in the New York City art world, but at… — Gordon Quinn Copy Share Image
You go to Florence and all the paintings you've seen in books are there. To see them in real life, it just… — Anh Do Copy Share Image
I read an article on me once that described my machine-method of silk-screen copying and painting: 'What a bold and audacious solution,… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Stories are best when they 'emerge' from the depths, and when built in a painting from early sketch through the three-act process… — Billy Cannon Copy Share Image
If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
“Like an impressionist’s stroke on a canvas, up-close formed a new image. This image was vibrant and alive. This image was not… — Ava Harrison Copy Share Image
I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I've been playing piano my whole life, but I'd never tried to understand how compositions are made, really. Try to imagine if… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Color is one of the great things in the world that makes life worth living to me and as I have come… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
I feel like I have to avoid certain thrift store-isms, having been known for the thrift store paintings. It's like I have… — Jim Shaw Copy Share Image
I have the '77 Million Paintings' running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I'll look up from what I'm… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“So another thing is where the subjects are in a painting. What's that called?" "Composition. We learned it in art class.” — Kathryn Shay Copy Share Image
I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind. No arrogant man was ever permitted to see Nature in… — John Constable Copy Share Image
He that would be a master must draw from the life as well as copy from originals, and join theory and experience… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
When a painting problem crops up, don't rush to fix it. You probably already know one way to fix it, but wait… — Carole Katchen Copy Share Image
I like when people have opinions - especially about art. You can hate my art. I made my art to be hated.… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
“He was in old pajama bottoms, with a towel flung over his shoulder, a paintbrush in one hand. There was paint on… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
In the bedroom darkness I may visualise a way of making a painting. I can see it - if I do this… — Jules Olitski Copy Share Image
Giorgio Morandi's paintings make me think that artists may not totally choose, or even control, their subjects or style. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
As soon as you put something to bed like the 'Women' book, you're never finished. There were portraits of people that I… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
I don't paint over my paintings with black paint. I paint black paintings. It isn't because I'm sad, just as I didn't… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
