The good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life. — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit. — Jack Levine Copy Share Image
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the… — Rose Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I entreat fresh visions from the painters. Be lavish with your vermilion to portray the mountains in the spring. — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
I think my gift expressed itself in every way possible. When I was a little child, my mother said I used to… — Floyd Norman Copy Share Image
I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
My faith is that I don't believe in fate! We are not puppets or zombies of destiny. We are the main painters… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
An aged painter cannot help but accept the fact that his work belongs in the past. Younger painters have leaped into the… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
But now I rejoice when, in my winter studio, I can spread out my summer studies and recall through them the beautiful… — Christopher Pearse Cranch Copy Share Image
There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
The painter who is so enamoured by the beauties of the parts of a landscape, that he strives to represent all, cannot… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new; they see their value and their justification in… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for… — Jack White Copy Share Image
It's not something you can find. There's a moment you arrive at --- there's no words for it. A bunch of people… — Slash Copy Share Image
Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Contact with like-minded painters - a group means a great deal to me: nothing comes in isolation. We have worked out our… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I really admire songwriters or any kind of writer, painter or artist that says, "I'm going to get up at 8 o'clock… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
The overscaled compositions being produced by so many abstract painters, which are full of movement and use of color, are ideal example,… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting… — Titian Copy Share Image
What’s with her?” says the painter. “She’s mad because she’s a woman,” Jon says. This is something I haven’t heard for years,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors,… — James Keller Copy Share Image
“She only modelled for him once,' Max said stubbornly, leaning the canvases back against the wall and replacing the sheet. 'Once, twice… — Robert Goddard Copy Share Image
