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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 a hammer before he or she can ruin it.](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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## More by Richard Schmid

> [If there is a conflict in your mind between what you know and what you are seeing, paint what you see because if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/if-there-is-a-conflict-in-your-mind-between-what-you-know-and-what/)

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

> [An incomplete sketch superbly executed is power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/an-incomplete-sketch-superbly-executed-is-power/)

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

> [Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/don-t-go-overboard-with-exotic-or-complex-ways-to-paint-stick-to/)

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

> [I see the things and people and events in my daily world as an endless succession of paintings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/i-see-the-things-and-people-and-events-in-my-daily-world-as-an/)

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

> [There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/there-are-times-when-i-have-started-a-work-with-an-end-in-mind-but/)

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

> [It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer…](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/)

> [Use lots of paint and don't worry, they will make more...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/use-lots-of-paint-and-don-t-worry-they-will-make-more/)

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

> [In a sense, every work you do is a self-portrait because your paintings always reveal more about you than about your subject. Your experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/in-a-sense-every-work-you-do-is-a-self-portrait-because-your/)

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

> [As painters...we must always remember that our precious poetic visions and spiritual insights will remain forever locked within us until we can boil them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/as-painters-we-must-always-remember-that-our-precious-poetic-visions/)

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

> [All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/all-great-art-originates-from-the-innocent-child-within-us-expressing/)

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

> [Underlying all your choices, particularly subject matter and the way you represent it, should be your own personal scruples, the standards and rules that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/underlying-all-your-choices-particularly-subject-matter-and-the-way/)

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

> [You can stick with a few clear-cut values, which are stronger than a multitude of values and will obviously yield a stronger painting. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/you-can-stick-with-a-few-clear-cut-values-which-are-stronger-than-a/)

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

> [Somewhere within all of us is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a part that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/somewhere-within-all-of-us-is-a-wordless-center-a-part-of-us-that/)

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

> [Paint like a pig eats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/paint-like-a-pig-eats/)

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

> [How often have we all come to that crucial point in a painting where it is practically 'begging' us to stop before we ruin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schmid/how-often-have-we-all-come-to-that-crucial-point-in-a-painting-where/)

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

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