The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the… — Alphonse Mucha Copy Share Image
There were moments of despondency when Shakespeare thought himself no poet, and Raphael no painter; when the greatest wits have doubted the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me, no painter has ever quite understood the light, the distances, the aboriginal ghostliness of the American West as well as… — Thomas McGuane Copy Share Image
The chief consideration for a good painter is to think out the whole of his picture, to have it in his head… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in Paris… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The painter needs all the talent of the poet, plus hand-eye coordination. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I suppose it is submerged realities that give to dreams their curious air of hyper-reality. But perhaps there is something else as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one wants my painting because it is different from other people's peculiar, crazy public that demands the greatest possible degree of… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act… — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. — Leopold Stokowski Copy Share Image
The poet, the painter, the sculptor, the musican, the architect, seek each to concentrate this radiance of the world on one point,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York… — Ad Reinhardt Copy Share Image
I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
The artist constructs a new symbol with his brush. This symbol is not a recognizable form of anything which is already finished,… — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
A painting is nothing more than light reflected from the surface of a pigment-covered canvas. But a great painter can make you… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
I believe that it is important for the artist, painter, poet, dancer, etc. to keep in mind that it is the art… — Thornton Willis Copy Share Image
Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint. — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I have always dreamt of becoming an artist, and I have always pursued that dream. But I’ve had to realize, that I… — Finn Juhl Copy Share Image
I am a painter with letters. I want to restore everything, mix everything up and say everything. — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
He was the incomparable painter of mystery, silence, and the infinite, of the passing cloud, and the sunlit shimmer of the waves-subleties… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
I love art, my mother is a painter, I majored in art history at Wellesley, and as I was having my second… — Alyson Richman Copy Share Image
I am not a follower of Monet. I am not an admirer or follower of De Kooning. I am not an action… — Milton Resnick Copy Share Image
