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> [Painting and art cannot be taught. You can save time if someone tells you to put blue and yellow together to make green, but the essence of painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/painting-and-art-cannot-be-taught-you-can-save-time-if-someone-tells/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

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## More by Romare Bearden

> [The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/the-artist-has-to-be-something-like-a-whale-swimming-with-his-mouth/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [It was not my aim to paint about the Negro in America in terms of propaganda. It is to depict the life of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/it-was-not-my-aim-to-paint-about-the-negro-in-america-in-terms-of/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/my-purpose-is-to-paint-the-life-of-my-people-as-i-know-it/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [The most difficult object in painting is yourself because you're always at issue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/the-most-difficult-object-in-painting-is-yourself-because-you-re/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [The function of the artist is to organize the facets of life according to his imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/the-function-of-the-artist-is-to-organize-the-facets-of-life/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [Art is the soul of a people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/art-is-the-soul-of-a-people/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/the-essence-of-art-is-to-recapturel-the-fantasy-and-the-imagination/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/painting-is-a-self-disciplined-activity-that-you-have-to-learn-by/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and colors of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/if-you-re-any-kind-of-artist-you-make-a-miraculous-journey-and-you/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [But no one, when you stop to think, has ever equated abstract expressionism as a movement with jazz music. It's based on improvisation. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/but-no-one-when-you-stop-to-think-has-ever-equated-abstract/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/memory-embellishes-life-forgetfulness-makes-it-possible/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [ The artist has to be exactly the opposite \[of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,\] and transcend himself as he makes judgements. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/the-artist-has-to-be-exactly-the-opposite-of-people-singing-the-song/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But... the artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/practically-all-great-artists-accept-the-influence-of-others-but-the/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [You don't paint what you see, you paint what you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/you-don-t-paint-what-you-see-you-paint-what-you-feel/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

> [Painting is the act of discovery and you're constantly enlarging your horizon or finding yourself every time you paint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/painting-is-the-act-of-discovery-and-you-re-constantly-enlarging-your/)

[Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/)

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