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title: "7 Paint Work Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Paint Work quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Paint Work sayings and thoughts."
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> [I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-annaud/i-make-movies-just-as-painters-paint-i-work-where-i-can/)

[Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-annaud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/jean-jacques-annaud-28922_film_i-make-movies-just-as-painters-paint-i-w_125205.jpg)

> [“You have to work with the paint and work with whatever the day brings you. If it's a wee bit dreary out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kieran-kramer/you-have-to-work-with-the-paint-and-work-with-whatever-the-day-brings/)

[Kieran Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kieran-kramer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/kieran-kramer-55811_artist_you-have-to-work-with-the-paint-and-work_286546.jpg)

> [If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/if-i-feel-a-painting-i-m-working-on-doesn-t-have-imagery-or-emotion-i/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/franz-kline-37199_artist_if-i-feel-a-painting-i-m-working-on-does_1030677.png)

> [There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-no-way-to-success-in-art-but-to-take-off-your-coat-grind/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_art_there-is-no-way-to-success-in-art-but-to_1038989.png)

> [I want paint to work as flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian-freud/i-want-paint-to-work-as-flesh/)

[Lucian Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian-freud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/lucian-freud-12071_flesh_i-want-paint-to-work-as-flesh-2083110_2083110.jpg)

> [I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian-freud/i-want-paint-to-work-as-flesh-my-portraits-to-be-of-the-people-not/)

[Lucian Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian-freud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/lucian-freud-12071_concerned_i-want-paint-to-work-as-flesh-my-portrai_2234841.jpg)

> [Okay so I made this I while ago and somehow it got on the internet! I MADE THIS ON PAINT!!! I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrow/okay-so-i-made-this-i-while-ago-and-somehow-it-got-on-the-internet-i/)

[James Merrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/james-merrow-2327_artist_okay-so-i-made-this-i-while-ago-and-some_2651693.jpg)

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