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title: "36 Good Painting Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 36 Good Painting quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Good Painting sayings and thoughts."
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> [A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/a-good-painting-should-be-the-equivalent-of-a-good-deed/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

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> [A good painting has to do about 12 things at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bradley/a-good-painting-has-to-do-about-12-things-at-once/)

[Joe Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bradley/)

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> [I figure I'm still good for painting until 95 or thereabouts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bern-will-brown/i-figure-i-m-still-good-for-painting-until-95-or-thereabouts/)

[Bern Will Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bern-will-brown/)

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> [Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/objective-painting-is-not-good-painting-unless-it-is-good-in-the/)

[Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/)

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> [I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-can-picture-things-like-a-painter-would-though-im-not-good-at/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

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> [Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/good-painting-is-the-kind-that-looks-like-sculpture/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

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> [Anything is good painting material once you get to know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milne/anything-is-good-painting-material-once-you-get-to-know-it/)

[David Milne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milne/)

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> [Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-de-vlaminck/good-painting-is-like-good-cooking-it-can-be-tasted-but-not-explained/)

[Maurice de Vlaminck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-de-vlaminck/)

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> [Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/good-design-like-good-painting-cooking-architecture-or-whatever-you/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

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> [It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/it-is-better-to-have-a-good-painting-with-ten-holes-than-ten-bad/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

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> [When you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/when-you-have-made-a-good-painting-don-t-do-another-like-it-but/)

[Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/)

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> [Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banksy/painting-something-that-defies-the-law-of-the-land-is-good-painting/)

[Banksy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banksy/)

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> [A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hedy-lamarr/a-good-painting-to-me-has-always-been-like-a-friend-it-keeps-me/)

[Hedy Lamarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hedy-lamarr/)

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> [Good art in general aspires to something, as a good painting aspires to something, almost spiritual or holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/good-art-in-general-aspires-to-something-as-a-good-painting-aspires/)

[Gerhard Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-richter/)

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> [I don't think I'm good at anything, but I'm good at painting. It's one thing I can do better than I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fearne-cotton/i-don-t-think-i-m-good-at-anything-but-i-m-good-at-painting-it-s-one/)

[Fearne Cotton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fearne-cotton/)

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> [It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/it-often-takes-two-to-do-a-good-painting-one-to-paint-it-and-another/)

[Richard Schmid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schmid/)

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> [The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rothenberg/the-problem-with-matisse-is-that-i-can-t-ever-figure-out-when-he-s/)

[Susan Rothenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rothenberg/)

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> [Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/good-painting-is-nothing-else-but-a-copy-of-the-perfections-of-god/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

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> [Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/objective-painting-is-not-good-painting-unless-it-is-good-in-the-2/)

[Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/)

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> [“I've been thinking about what you said about seeing and not seeing. I had a painting teacher once tell me that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aster-flores/i-ve-been-thinking-about-what-you-said-about-seeing-and-not-seeing-i/)

[Aster Flores](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aster-flores/)

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> [All my life I have worked to be able to earn my living, but I thought that one could do good painting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cezanne/all-my-life-i-have-worked-to-be-able-to-earn-my-living-but-i-thought/)

[Paul Cezanne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cezanne/)

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> [“I contend that one is likely to find more truth in fiction. A good painting after all is more truthful than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-vawter/i-contend-that-one-is-likely-to-find-more-truth-in-fiction-a-good/)

[Vince Vawter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-vawter/)

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> [No one purposefully paints a bad painting. It's someone who's trying to do a good painting, but it's terrible. I have one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-coolidge/no-one-purposefully-paints-a-bad-painting-it-s-someone-who-s-trying/)

[Jennifer Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-coolidge/)

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> [I was never good at painting. The great turning point came when I had a block of wood and I carved a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andre/i-was-never-good-at-painting-the-great-turning-point-came-when-i-had/)

[Carl Andre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-andre/)

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> [Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-siegel/is-there-in-painting-an-effect-which-arises-from-the-being-together/)

[Eli Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-siegel/)

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> [“You paint from your subject, not what you see…I rarely paint anything I don’t know very well. It was surprising to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/you-paint-from-your-subject-not-what-you-see-i-rarely-paint-anything/)

[Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/)

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> [I think a good painting or a good work of art does many things it wants, I mean, maybe 15 or 20…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-salle/i-think-a-good-painting-or-a-good-work-of-art-does-many-things-it/)

[David Salle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-salle/)

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> [Never ruin a good painting with the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/never-ruin-a-good-painting-with-the-truth/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

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> [There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/there-is-no-such-thing-as-good-painting-about-nothing/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

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> [A good painting is a lot like a good joke: you need to know when to stop, too many 'punchlines and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anh-do/a-good-painting-is-a-lot-like-a-good-joke-you-need-to-know-when-to/)

[Anh Do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anh-do/)

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> [Art, if it is successful in the task of questioning reality, if it is good painting and not merely a performance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-swift/art-if-it-is-successful-in-the-task-of-questioning-reality-if-it-is/)

[Patrick Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-swift/)

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> [I'm not sure that Van Gogh got up in the morning and looked at the crows and the bizarre clouds and went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-m-not-sure-that-van-gogh-got-up-in-the-morning-and-looked-at-the/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

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> [“The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-ego-must-be-developed-not-for-its-own-sake-but-because-it-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I've no doubt that those photographs i took will make people look at everything in a more interesting way - the little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-ve-no-doubt-that-those-photographs-i-took-will-make-people-look-at/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

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> [What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/what-is-the-use-of-good-painting-we-want-a-spell-cast-upon-the/)

[Robert Musil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-musil/)

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> [I think there has to be an interesting transformative process between your perception of reality and making the paintings. If you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rothenberg/i-think-there-has-to-be-an-interesting-transformative-process-between/)

[Susan Rothenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rothenberg/)

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                        "text": "I don't think I'm good at anything, but I'm good at painting. It's one thing I can do better than I do my job, definitely.",
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                        "text": "All my life I have worked to be able to earn my living, but I thought that one could do good painting without attracting attention to one's private life. Certainly, an artist wishes to raise himself intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain obscure. The pleasure must be found in the work.",
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                        "text": "“I contend that one is likely to find more truth in fiction. A good painting after all is more truthful than a photograph. Remember that, Young Messenger, for all your days.”",
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                        "text": "No one purposefully paints a bad painting. It's someone who's trying to do a good painting, but it's terrible. I have one with a matador, and the bull is going through the blanket. You can tell the painter didn't know how to paint it.",
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                        "text": "I was never good at painting. The great turning point came when I had a block of wood and I carved a shape into the wood and put a small piece of timber into that space - like a negative - and so it made an endless column, only inward.",
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                        "text": "Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can both repose and energy be seen in a painting's line and color, plane and volume, surface and depth, detail and composition? - and is the true effect of a good painting on the spectator one that makes at once for repose and energy, calmness and intensity, serenity and stir?",
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                        "text": "“You paint from your subject, not what you see…I rarely paint anything I don’t know very well. It was surprising to me to see how many people separate the objective from the abstract. Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or a tree. It is lines and colors put together so that they say something. For me that is the very basis of painting. The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint.”",
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                        "text": "I think a good painting or a good work of art does many things it wants, I mean, maybe 15 or 20 or 100. One of the things a painting does is to make the room look better. It improves the wall that it's on. Which is much harder than it looks. And that's a good thing. And if one engages with a painting on that level, that's fine, that's great. After some time, familiarity, the other things that a painting does, the other layers, they just start to make themselves felt.",
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                        "text": "Never ruin a good painting with the truth.",
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                        "text": "There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.",
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                        "text": "A good painting is a lot like a good joke: you need to know when to stop, too many 'punchlines and you will have gone too far.",
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                        "text": "Art, if it is successful in the task of questioning reality, if it is good painting and not merely a performance of dexterity, will be an affirmation of God.",
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                        "text": "I'm not sure that Van Gogh got up in the morning and looked at the crows and the bizarre clouds and went damn that's a good painting, you know? No, he considered shooting himself, and one day he did.",
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                        "text": "“The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested in self-realisation then you cannot make a good painting. To do this you have to have thought about forming and about how ideas of forming stem from history.”",
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                        "text": "I've no doubt that those photographs i took will make people look at everything in a more interesting way - the little tear on one piece of paper, the shadow on another. But good painting has always done that - made you see things. And the most ordinary can be the most extraordinary.",
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                        "text": "What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.",
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                        "text": "I think there has to be an interesting transformative process between your perception of reality and making the paintings. If you are just trying to render what you see you are not entering into a transformative process. And that's what makes a good painting: the process of transforming and the willingness to leave reality behind.",
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