I lost my job as an art salesman. It was the customer's fault. He wanted to buy the wrong paintings. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso) — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
“I went over to the painting and looked closely. It had changed in my absence, something paintings liked to do.” — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“I cannot remember a single painting, although I do remember trying hard to be deeply impressed by them at the time.” — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
“HIERONIMO. Art a painter? canst paint me a tear, or a wound, a groan, or a sigh?” — Thomas Kyd Copy Share Image
Paintings are like a beer, only beer tastes good and it's hard to stop drinking beer. — Billy Carter Copy Share Image
You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
I have heard painters acknowledge, though in that acknowledgment no degradation of themselves was intended, that they could do better without nature… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
I have a fondness for making paintings that go beyond just having a conversation about art for art's sake or having a… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Architects, sculptors painters, we all must return to the crafts! For art is not a 'profession.' There is no essential difference between… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time - be it current events, the… — Ali Banisadr Copy Share Image
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
I was always interested in the ocean and also in art. I had to figure out how to put the two together,… — Stephen Hillenburg Copy Share Image
Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according… — Camille Pissarro Copy Share Image
A photo is like a map, a way of giving me a foot into a kind of reality I want... I'm not… — Peter Doig Copy Share Image
Why was the painting made? What ideas of the artist can we sense? Can the personality and sensitivity of the artist be… — Gerald Brommer Copy Share Image
I love costume dramas, I love performing in them, because in a funny kind of way, you feel more free. You know… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
I underwent a whole process of slowly letting go of idiosyncrasies and habits and embellishments and everything extraneous to the essentials that… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
These pictures possibly give rise to questions of political content or historical truth. Neither interests me in this instance. And although even… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Whatever they are, can Comics be "Art"? Of course they can. The "Art" in a piece is something independent of genre, form,… — Phoebe Gloeckner Copy Share Image
I respect journalism. I was always very aware of journalism from a very broad point of view, but I'd say my baptism… — James D'arcy Copy Share Image
