I was born in Suzhou, a city not very far from Shanghai. It's a very interesting town - there is a long… — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image
The painter makes real to others his innermost feelings about all that he cares for. A secret becomes known to everyone who… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves… — Horace Copy Share Image
Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
All inspired painters are impressionists, even though it be true that some impressionists are not inspired. — Joaquin Sorolla Copy Share Image
For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to… — Larry Clark Copy Share Image
Art is something someone made. It's a product of human endeavor. As such, it's not that different from having a conversation with… — David Salle Copy Share Image
I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level. — Ron White 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
Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Often when I write I am trying to make words do the work of line and color. I have the painter's sensitivity… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn't be stuck in a system that… — Marion Vernoux Copy Share Image
The photographic industry was the refuge of all the painters who couldn't make it, either because they had no talent or because… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It used to be that painters were crazy and sculptors clever. Today it's the other way around. — Giorgio de Chirico Copy Share Image
The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him. — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter.… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I have never heard a dancer asking for advice about how to stay focused on her footwork, or a painter complaining about… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was always building things. My father had a shop in the house, and we built things - we… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: do the painter's emotions come across? — Franz Kline Copy Share Image
The... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
We must, like a painter, take time to stand back from our work, to be still, and thus see what's what. .… — William McNamara Copy Share Image
Part of being in a band, being a painter, or starting a nonprofit is that you're going to make horrible mistakes and… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
