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title: "5 Doing Paintings Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I'm not the kind of artist who has an idea and then carries it out; it's more like I find what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecily-brown/i-m-not-the-kind-of-artist-who-has-an-idea-and-then-carries-it-out-it/)

[Cecily Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecily-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/cecily-brown-44932_art_i-m-not-the-kind-of-artist-who-has-an-id_255716.jpg)

> [I think I've identified as an artist since I was a baby - literally a baby. I made a book of drawings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-wise/i-think-i-ve-identified-as-an-artist-since-i-was-a-baby-literally-a/)

[Chloe Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-wise/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/chloe-wise-38244_art_i-think-i-ve-identified-as-an-artist-sin_775841.jpg)

> [I really want to continue doing art. I would love to go back to doing paintings one day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbi-jacobson/i-really-want-to-continue-doing-art-i-would-love-to-go-back-to-doing/)

[Abbi Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abbi-jacobson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/abbi-jacobson-10659_art_i-really-want-to-continue-doing-art-i-wo_793050.jpg)

> [I was always doing paintings. I actually started painting with oil paints when I was four years old. Not crayons, not pencils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-laffoley/i-was-always-doing-paintings-i-actually-started-painting-with-oil/)

[Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-laffoley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/paul-laffoley-7077_bird_i-was-always-doing-paintings-i-actually_1508736.jpg)

> [I didn't see painters doing paintings of glassware and glass shelves or sand dunes and receding snow fences. Why does that interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/i-didn-t-see-painters-doing-paintings-of-glassware-and-glass-shelves/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/john-baldessari-16840_art_i-didn-t-see-painters-doing-paintings-of_1559766.jpg)

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