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
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
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
“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
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
“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
No other art-medium–neither painting nor poetry–can communicate the specific quality of the dream as well as the film can. When the lights… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
Chauvet Cave is rather like the awakening of the modern human soul or I would say the awakening of modern human culture.… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The image itself is kind of the least important factor to me, though I'm still interested in putting forth an interesting image.… — Tara Donovan Copy Share Image
A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“On a clear night in blacked-out countryside, in between bomber runs, when the tracer fire ceased and the searchlights went dark, the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I have been using the computer as a work aid since the mid-90's. It is extraordinarily well suited to how I think… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
“Every brush stroke on the canvas, every dab of color introduced, the fine textures impressed in the paint—this accumulation of many small… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Every song has a composer, every book has an author, every car has a maker, every painting has a painter, and every… — Ray Comfort 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
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
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
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
Just as I am astonished that a bank clerk never eats a cheque, so too am I astonished that no painter before… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that… — Titian Copy Share Image
When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
I was struggling to figure out how to combine the abstract and the representational. Painting, I suddenly understood how that aesthetic could… — Margaux Williamson Copy Share Image
Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
My work is an exploration of the self. I've always been concerned with how I'm living and how that reflects in the… — Jose Parla Copy Share Image
I'm a secretive bastard. I would never let anybody watch me painting... it would be like somebody watching you have sex -… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
As you work on something, whether it's a painting or a piece of music, it's going to evolve. A relationship is like… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
“It’s not enough to be the best. You also have to be seen by the most. A masterpiece painting hanging in the… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“A flower, a painting or an item you put in an empty room only fills the place where it is placed; but… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
What a funny thing painting is. The abstract painters always insist on their connection with the visible reality, while the so called… — Marlene Dumas Copy Share Image
Some people would ask: 'You are not the one who does the painting, or shot the work, how can it be your… — Liu Bolin Copy Share Image
