I look up at the painting. It's not even that interesting…

“As I drift off, I try to imagine that world, somewhere in the future, with no Games, no Capitol. A place like the meadow…

— Suzanne Collins

“Now, though, that meadow scene is the first thing that comes back to me. [...] And yet, as clear as the scene may be,…

— Haruki Murakami

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

— Peter Doig

Painting is very interesting.

— Sam Waterston

Sometimes I will portray the more normal-looking people as the monsters and then the more distorted - "uniquely formed" is the word I like…

— Chris Mars

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

— Peter Doig

“One way to look at a painting—and I use that word as shorthand for visual art in general—is to notice as you take its…

— David Salle

I think you do kind of slip into a trance when you look at a painting. At least I do.

— Joe Bradley

Being in the studio, it's more of a controlled environment, where you can be Salvador Dali and sit back and look at the painting.…

— Zakk Wylde

I think most people gain some sense of how to look at a painting, but no one ever teaches you how to look at…

— Mary Beard

Sometimes you look at a painting and certain parts are so beautiful. You say, "Wow, this is fantastic," but 10 minutes later you most…

— Michael Chow

People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But…

— Julie Mehretu

We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.

— James Whistler

The interesting thing is that in everyday life, I fail to see the most ordinary things. I often stumble and sometimes I even fall…

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

I wanted to actually make people look at a painting. We don't look at paintings that much. We glance at them.

— Peter Webber