I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know…

Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint.…

— Rembrandt

What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.

— Audrey Flack

I paint the way I spread butter on pumpernickel.

— Josef Albers

I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.

— Raoul Dufy

I often find that people want to paint themselves one colour - like, 'I'm the baddie' - and they've always got this snarl on…

— Toby Kebbell

To be born with a unique instinct, will demand 'unique duties'. If you didn't think about being an artist before 7 years of age…

— David Luiz

“I spray the sky fast. Eyes ahead and behind. Looking for cops. Looking for anyone I don't want to be here. Paint sails and…

— cath crowley

I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.

— Martin Mull

Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?

— Anonymous

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

— Robert Henri

My job is to paint what I see, not what I know.

— J. M. W. Turner

“Paint what you know, especially if it looks like something you shouldn't know.”

— Andrew Levy

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

— Hannah More

Paint what you see, not what you know.

— Charles Webster Hawthorne

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

— Claude Monet