--- title: "11 Painter Think Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Painter Think quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Painter Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/georgia-o-keeffe-2763_downgrading_the-men-liked-to-put-me-down-as-the-best_930175.png" --- > [The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/the-men-liked-to-put-me-down-as-the-best-woman-painter-i-think-i-m/) [Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/georgia-o-keeffe-2763_downgrading_the-men-liked-to-put-me-down-as-the-best_930175.png) > [A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian-freud/a-painter-must-think-of-everything-he-sees-as-being-there-entirely/) [Lucian Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian-freud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/lucian-freud-12071_artist_a-painter-must-think-of-everything-he-se_2826920.jpg) > [I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-bardem/i-wanted-to-become-a-painter-for-a-while-i-think-it-was-because-i-was/) [Javier Bardem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-bardem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/javier-bardem-7004_artist_i-wanted-to-become-a-painter-for-a-while_290351.jpg) > [I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-costner/i-m-glad-movies-aren-t-going-to-please-everybody-they-can-t-but-what/) [Kevin Costner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-costner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/kevin-costner-2386_cinema_i-m-glad-movies-aren-t-going-to-please-e_1772459.jpg) > [I don't consider myself a painter. I think of myself more as an artist who uses paintings rather than simply makes them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/landon-metz/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-painter-i-think-of-myself-more-as-an-artist/) [Landon Metz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/landon-metz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/landon-metz-50724_art_i-don-t-consider-myself-a-painter-i-thin_209714.jpg) > [I don't consider myself to be a painter. I think of myself as someone who has used the medium of painting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/i-don-t-consider-myself-to-be-a-painter-i-think-of-myself-as-someone/) [Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/kenneth-patchen-10815_artist_i-don-t-consider-myself-to-be-a-painter_683959.png) > [The chief consideration for a good painter is to think out the whole of his picture, to have it in his head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres/the-chief-consideration-for-a-good-painter-is-to-think-out-the-whole/) [Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres_artist_the-chief-consideration-for-a-good-paint_2529374.jpg) > [A photographer's art is more in his perceptions than his execution. In a painter, I think the perception is only the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-maisel/a-photographer-s-art-is-more-in-his-perceptions-than-his-execution-in/) [Jay Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-maisel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/jay-maisel-7730_art_a-photographer-s-art-is-more-in-his-perc_885176.jpg) > [“He said, I suppose there are people who are purely moved by great art. I never met a painter who was. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/he-said-i-suppose-there-are-people-who-are-purely-moved-by-great-art/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65b/john-fowles-816_art_he-said-i-suppose-there-are-people-who-a_1219871.jpg) > [That was an important development for me, just realizing that you need to follow your pleasure, at least as a painter. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-currin/that-was-an-important-development-for-me-just-realizing-that-you-need/) [John Currin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-currin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/john-currin-23505_art_that-was-an-important-development-for-me_1696521.png) > [I'm really the only artist in my family. I have one cousin who is a painter. I think I developed all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-richardson/i-m-really-the-only-artist-in-my-family-i-have-one-cousin-who-is-a/) [Sam Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-richardson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/sam-richardson-14987_art_i-m-really-the-only-artist-in-my-family_2415912.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/painter-think/#itemlist", "name": "Painter Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. 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