“The sense of pleasure you get creating something that doesn’t exist is inexplicable. I can never explain this joy in words. I… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
“They’re all daubers, today’s painters; they’ve completely lost touch with the classical tradition, the subtle, noble craft of the old masters. They… — Stefan Hertmans Copy Share Image
“Beneath the nice book cover, camera angles, format of the page, size of the canvas, sound of the song – was someone… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“ 'Paint only what you see,' his hero Millet had admonished. 'Imagination is a burden to a painter,' Auguste Renoir had told… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“I had not then acquired the technique that I flatter myself now enables me to deal competently with the works of modern… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they? — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“There are hundreds of thousands of musicians, artists, painters, poets, writers and bricklayers, and we certainly need walls, music and art, but… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
“She preferred the quiet solitary atmosphere, to create in her own world of paint and colour, the thrill of anticipating how her… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
By the time I discovered Chicano painters in the mid-'80s, I recognized that these guys were really world-class painters, but they weren't… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
“A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It's a marvellous life, a gregarious life that we've had. We're very lucky in that way. Unlike writers or painters, we don't… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
“Painter and reality! Both of these are changers! But the painter changes reality virtually; on the other hand, reality changes the painter… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. I don't wanna get ideas above… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I am into drones and one chord freak outs and the paintings I am into are more minimal things the New York… — Will Sergeant Copy Share Image
When I was about seven, one or two people encouraged me, and art became an enormous and important refuge. By adolescence, I… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“When a work of painting, music or other form attains two-way communication, it is truly art. One occasionally hears an artist being… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Why do you paint, Akram?” I asked. “What—” “Close your eyes, Sebastian,” he said, stopping me. “Just for a minute, close them… — Ahmad Ardalan Copy Share Image
“Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.” — Angelica Kauffman Copy Share Image
There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I've often thought, 'Goodness, if I could paint like the… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
“What a face this girl possessed!—Could I neither die then nor gaze at her face every day, I would need to recreate… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Thanks for your encouraging words. But I know the grim realities of being an artist. Most of us would never make a… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
