But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Seeing that I am so busily occupied with myself just now, I want to try to paint my self-portrait in writing. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
In school, some of my favorite subjects... I mean, art was my favorite subject. I loved art! I used to go during… — Derek Hough Copy Share Image
You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
“...God daubs stars into galaxies with fiery paint - the same lacquer he uses upon your lips...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
I used to flirt with fundamentalism, and I had this idea that creation was something that happened. Now I see creation as… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
It's basic research: shoot an arrow in the air. Where it lands, paint a bullseye. — Elizabeth Streb Copy Share Image
I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary. I just try to… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
When I look back on the years of excessive self-doubt, I wonder how I was able to make my paintings. In part,… — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share Image
I don't want to have anything to say, it just gets in the way. I think the journey of an artist is… — Anish Kapoor Copy Share Image
I always get into arguments with people who want to retain the old values in painting - the humanistic values that they… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing,… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Give me some mud off a city crossing, some ochre out of a gravel pit and a little whitening and some coal… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The trick is to paint a picture that doesn't exist, and yet that fits perfectly into an artist's body of work. — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I don't want to face the reality of what people want from a female pop star. Everybody always laughs because I feel… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it! — Banksy Copy Share Image
Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Paint speckled her skin like a colourful constellation of freckles.” — Kerri Maniscalco Copy Share Image
