--- title: "13 Interested Painting Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Interested Painting quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Interested Painting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/gustave-courbet-16462_angel_i-have-never-seen-either-angels-or-godde_2164115.jpg" --- > [I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-courbet/i-have-never-seen-either-angels-or-goddesses-so-i-am-not-interested/) [Gustave Courbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-courbet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/gustave-courbet-16462_angel_i-have-never-seen-either-angels-or-godde_2164115.jpg) > [I'm not interested in painting; I'm not interested in making a picture. Then what the hell am I interested in? I must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-guston/i-m-not-interested-in-painting-i-m-not-interested-in-making-a-picture/) [Philip Guston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-guston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/philip-guston-13611_hell_i-m-not-interested-in-painting-i-m-not-i_1332259.jpg) > [I'm not at all interested in painting the object just as it is in nature. Certainly I'm much more interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-wyeth/i-m-not-at-all-interested-in-painting-the-object-just-as-it-is-in/) [Andrew Wyeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-wyeth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/andrew-wyeth-11988_artist_i-m-not-at-all-interested-in-painting-th_2822457.png) > [One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters. I can't stress enough how important it is, if you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/one-learns-about-painting-by-looking-at-and-imitating-other-painters/) [Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/frank-stella-17787_artist_one-learns-about-painting-by-looking-at_663002.png) > [I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/i-m-interested-in-painting-the-most-beautifully-compelling-pictures/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f20/rob-bell-1025_artist_i-m-interested-in-painting-the-most-beau_1605991.png) > [I'm never interested in the painting being a mirror to culture. I think that's really boring. What I'm interested in is painting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-schutz/i-m-never-interested-in-the-painting-being-a-mirror-to-culture-i/) [Dana Schutz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-schutz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/dana-schutz-39359_artist_i-m-never-interested-in-the-painting-bei_2122956.png) > [When I was 12 years old, I went to Natchitoches, La.; it was summer vacation with my family. We visited a plantation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wilson/when-i-was-12-years-old-i-went-to-natchitoches-la-it-was-summer/) [Robert Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/robert-wilson-8083_american-woman_when-i-was-12-years-old-i-went-to-natchi_16024.jpg) > [I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian-freud/i-am-only-interested-in-painting-the-actual-person-in-doing-a/) [Lucian Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian-freud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/lucian-freud-12071_art_i-am-only-interested-in-painting-the-act_2243883.jpg) > [What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/what-can-be-said-about-a-man-who-is-interested-in-nothing-but-his/) [Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/claude-monet-2110_artist_what-can-be-said-about-a-man-who-is-inte_942685.jpg) > [“That's initially what got me interested in painting, is that I could create any kind of world that I wanted. No bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-ross/that-s-initially-what-got-me-interested-in-painting-is-that-i-could/) [Bob Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/bob-ross-9293_artist_that-s-initially-what-got-me-interested_3010804.jpg) > [I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caio-fonseca/i-m-not-particularly-interested-in-painting-per-se-i-m-interested-in/) [Caio Fonseca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caio-fonseca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/caio-fonseca-22493_canvas_i-m-not-particularly-interested-in-paint_1055245.jpg) > [What interested me in film was the image-making aspect of it. So, I went to school in cinematography. I was really convinced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babette-mangolte/what-interested-me-in-film-was-the-image-making-aspect-of-it-so-i/) [Babette Mangolte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babette-mangolte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/babette-mangolte-42474_cinema_what-interested-me-in-film-was-the-image_164924.jpg) > [Painting from life was incredibly important for me because it allowed me to train my eyes to see everything that is there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynette-yiadom-boakye/painting-from-life-was-incredibly-important-for-me-because-it-allowed/) [Lynette Yiadom-Boakye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynette-yiadom-boakye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/lynette-yiadom-boakye-54191_artist_painting-from-life-was-incredibly-import_2631435.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-painting/#itemlist", "name": "Interested Painting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gustave Courbet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-courbet/i-have-never-seen-either-angels-or-goddesses-so-i-am-not-interested/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/gustave-courbet-16462_angel_i-have-never-seen-either-angels-or-godde_2164115.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/gustave-courbet-16462_angel_i-have-never-seen-either-angels-or-godde_2164115.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/gustave-courbet-16462_angel_i-have-never-seen-either-angels-or-godde_2164115.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.” — Gustave Courbet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not interested in painting; I'm not interested in making a picture. 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