--- title: "20 Life Painting Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 20 Life Painting quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Life Painting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_art_life-is-painting-a-picture-not-doing-a-s_3138308.png" --- > [Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/life-is-painting-a-picture-not-doing-a-sum/) [Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_art_life-is-painting-a-picture-not-doing-a-s_3138308.png) > [It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-bonnard/it-s-not-a-matter-of-painting-life-it-s-a-matter-of-giving-life-to/) [Pierre Bonnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-bonnard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/pierre-bonnard-19818_artist_it-s-not-a-matter-of-painting-life-it-s_2701902.png) > [“You'll never end up in a museum if you spend your whole life painting fences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connor-chalfant/you-ll-never-end-up-in-a-museum-if-you-spend-your-whole-life-painting/) [Connor Chalfant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connor-chalfant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/connor-chalfant-23076_artist_you-ll-never-end-up-in-a-museum-if-you-s_2948252.jpg) > [I see no thread running through my work; I simply get on with my life and my painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/i-see-no-thread-running-through-my-work-i-simply-get-on-with-my-life/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/john-piper-255_application_i-see-no-thread-running-through-my-work_1228839.png) > [When I say be creative I don't mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-i-say-be-creative-i-don-t-mean-that-you-should-all-go-and-become/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/anonymous-1_be-creative_when-i-say-be-creative-i-don-t-mean-that_2102366.jpg) > [If you want to paint the inner life, you paint it from the exterior. From the exterior, you breathe the inner life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-rampling/if-you-want-to-paint-the-inner-life-you-paint-it-from-the-exterior/) [Charlotte Rampling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-rampling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/charlotte-rampling-8189_artist_if-you-want-to-paint-the-inner-life-you_636038.png) > [I wanted to make sure the last chapters of my life were full, and painting, it turns out, has helped occupy not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/i-wanted-to-make-sure-the-last-chapters-of-my-life-were-full-and/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/george-w-bush-64_artist_i-wanted-to-make-sure-the-last-chapters_396091.jpg) > [A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-russell-mitford/a-novel-should-be-as-like-life-as-a-painting-but-not-as-like-life-as/) [Mary Russell Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-russell-mitford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68f/mary-russell-mitford-19408_books_a-novel-should-be-as-like-life-as-a-pain_1216898.png) > [A painting is life and a painting is death . . . the picture is our own legacy left by tomorrow's dead for tomorrow's living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-albright/a-painting-is-life-and-a-painting-is-death-the-picture-is-our-own/) [Ivan Albright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-albright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/ivan-albright-66882_artist_a-painting-is-life-and-a-painting-is-dea_3093768.png) > [Life is a painting, and you are the artist. You have on your palette all the colors in the spectrum - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-meyer/life-is-a-painting-and-you-are-the-artist-you-have-on-your-palette/) [Paul J. Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-j-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/paul-j-meyer-14472_art_life-is-a-painting-and-you-are-the-artis_2277591.jpg) > [My still-life painting has more to do with light and shadow than with the objects themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-wright/my-still-life-painting-has-more-to-do-with-light-and-shadow-than-with/) [William C. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/william-c-wright-77435_life-pain_my-still-life-painting-has-more-to-do-wi_1916222.jpg) > [I found a new life in painting, maybe because I think I've found myself. I'm so much more comfortable with myself now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heart-evangelista/i-found-a-new-life-in-painting-maybe-because-i-think-i-ve-found/) [Heart Evangelista](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heart-evangelista/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/heart-evangelista-9375_decision_i-found-a-new-life-in-painting-maybe-bec_1144861.jpg) > [Everything... has to be resolved through rhythms. You're constantly massaging each form, trying to get it home, pushing further and further until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leland-bell/everything-has-to-be-resolved-through-rhythms-you-re-constantly/) [Leland Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leland-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/leland-bell-80895_artist_everything-has-to-be-resolved-through-rh_132592.jpg) > [“Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-zamora/painting-completed-my-life-i-lost-three-children-and-a-series-of/) [Martha Zamora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-zamora/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/martha-zamora-260600_art_painting-completed-my-life-i-lost-three_1535081.jpg) > [If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously... and take seriously the joys that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-shanks/if-you-really-want-to-seriously-think-about-life-and-therefore-take/) [Nelson Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-shanks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/nelson-shanks-28304_ifs_if-you-really-want-to-seriously-think-ab_1144387.jpg) > [l can do very well without God both in my life and in my painting, but l cannot, ill as I am,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/l-can-do-very-well-without-god-both-in-my-life-and-in-my-painting-but/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/vincent-van-gogh-486_artist_l-can-do-very-well-without-god-both-in-m_2997258.jpg) > [“God Is The Artist Of Your Landscape Will things always work out in the way you hope and want? Of course not!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-zelenka/god-is-the-artist-of-your-landscape-will-things-always-work-out-in/) [Cheryl Zelenka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-zelenka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/cheryl-zelenka-25053_art_god-is-the-artist-of-your-landscape-will_2743599.jpg) > [life's kind of like a painting. A really bizarre, abstract painting. You could look at it and think that all it is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecelia-ahern/life-s-kind-of-like-a-painting-a-really-bizarre-abstract-painting-you/) [Cecelia Ahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecelia-ahern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/cecelia-ahern-535_abstract_life-s-kind-of-like-a-painting-a-really_2777963.jpg) > [My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frida-kahlo/my-paintings-are-well-painted-not-nimbly-but-patiently-my-painting/) [Frida Kahlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frida-kahlo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/frida-kahlo-7157_children_my-paintings-are-well-painted-not-nimbly_1029998.jpg) > [“There are so many other wonderful things that eyes could see if they really focused. Life's kind of like a painting. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecelia-ahern/there-are-so-many-other-wonderful-things-that-eyes-could-see-if-they/) [Cecelia Ahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecelia-ahern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/cecelia-ahern-535_abstract-painting_there-are-so-many-other-wonderful-things_1955030.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-painting/#itemlist", "name": "Life Painting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/life-is-painting-a-picture-not-doing-a-sum/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_art_life-is-painting-a-picture-not-doing-a-s_3138308.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_art_life-is-painting-a-picture-not-doing-a-s_3138308.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_art_life-is-painting-a-picture-not-doing-a-s_3138308.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierre Bonnard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-bonnard/it-s-not-a-matter-of-painting-life-it-s-a-matter-of-giving-life-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/pierre-bonnard-19818_artist_it-s-not-a-matter-of-painting-life-it-s_2701902.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/pierre-bonnard-19818_artist_it-s-not-a-matter-of-painting-life-it-s_2701902.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/pierre-bonnard-19818_artist_it-s-not-a-matter-of-painting-life-it-s_2701902.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.” — Pierre Bonnard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You'll never end up in a museum if you spend your whole life painting fences.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Connor Chalfant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connor-chalfant/you-ll-never-end-up-in-a-museum-if-you-spend-your-whole-life-painting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/connor-chalfant-23076_artist_you-ll-never-end-up-in-a-museum-if-you-s_2948252.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/connor-chalfant-23076_artist_you-ll-never-end-up-in-a-museum-if-you-s_2948252.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/connor-chalfant-23076_artist_you-ll-never-end-up-in-a-museum-if-you-s_2948252.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You'll never end up in a museum if you spend your whole life painting fences.” — Connor Chalfant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I see no thread running through my work; I simply get on with my life and my painting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Piper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/i-see-no-thread-running-through-my-work-i-simply-get-on-with-my-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/john-piper-255_application_i-see-no-thread-running-through-my-work_1228839.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/john-piper-255_application_i-see-no-thread-running-through-my-work_1228839.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/john-piper-255_application_i-see-no-thread-running-through-my-work_1228839.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I see no thread running through my work; I simply get on with my life and my painting.” — John Piper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I say be creative I don't mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. 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