Not all of us are painters but we are all artists. Each…

I work with a lot of artists. Over time, there are certain artists that you click with.

— The Alchemist

We must ask nothing of artists but to be of their own time.

— Eileen Gray

I hate artists who are not of their time.

— Guillaume Apollinaire

I've never done a lot of collaborations. Truthfully, artists most of the time are so busy, they never get a chance to get in…

— Omarion

I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired…

— Rupert Friend

I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I've done an incredible amount of painters. It's an area, for me, where there's more mystery left. I've photographed so many musicians, I've been…

— Anton Corbijn

I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough, each of…

— Georg Baselitz

A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter.

— Paul Cezanne

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting.

— John Constable

I do not like to be a prophet. I like better to paint than to predict what the next painters will do. Though I…

— Josef Albers

Out in the sun, some painters are lined up. The first is copying nature, the second is copying the first, the third is copying…

— Paul Gauguin

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always…

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.

— William Blake

Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer…

— Edouard Boubat