One arranges flowers as the spirit moves you; to obey some inner prompting to put this colour with that, to have brilliance… — Constance Spry Copy Share Image
Scripture paints men as they really are, hiding none of their blemishes or barbaric ways. The honesty of scripture is one of… — Dennis Rainey Copy Share Image
I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint the same picture every day of his life. — Peter Cushing Copy Share Image
I paint; I'm a woman but I don't paint china. The first time I got a canvas I felt free. Art is… — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how… — Jamie Wyeth Copy Share Image
I think there is a classy way to go about changing people's views about how they treat animals, and that is with… — Katie Cleary Copy Share Image
All I can say is that when I paint, I am looking at things that are in the world. — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
Everything is a subject; the subject is yourself. It is within yourself that you must look and not around you... The greatest… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
Painting is really good fun, I have always enjoyed it. As long as I paint what I want with the freedom that… — John Dyer Copy Share Image
I wanted to paint pictures of people. I thought, "Why bother doing anything else. Everything else is a waste of time. I… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
Whereas certain people start with a recollection or an experience and paint that experience, to some of us the act of doing… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, an poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
“burnt by the sun of your mouth, I’m unable to speak or paint you with words” — john j geddes Copy Share Image
Who told you that one paints with colors? One makes use of colors, but one paints with emotions. — Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin Copy Share Image
It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
