“Good painters imitate nature, but bad ones spew it up.” — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
“We may not stay quick, If we are weak or sage, but a lot can squeak As we start to age.” — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual. — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
Painting must be fertile. It must give birth to a world.. ..it must fertilize the imagination. — Joan Miro Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who can't sit still. I like to be doing something. I cook; I've been painting. — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
“But, memory paints impressionistic portraits of the past, enhancing some images and blurring others. To her,” — Monique Martin Copy Share Image
I am not a painter. I am a poet. / Why? I think I would rather be / a painter, but I am not. — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings. — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
“I do not distinguish between the construction of a book and that of a painting and I always proceed from the simple… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
“What the devil is that?” Jack asked. Frannie eased around to see what Jack was staring at. Greystone’s back bore a painting… — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
Just dash something down if you see a blank canvas staring at you with a certain imbecility. You do not know how… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Painting requires skill. Photography is created by the camera, and one cannot fully control what the camera sees. So people take many… — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
There's nothing shocking inherently about that, given that so much of the way that artists are taught is by copying old master… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression. To… — Richard Diebenkorn Copy Share Image
“I love the French and Italian church paintings from the Middle Ages. But I'm also interested to learn more about who was… — Jen Lancaster 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
There's something immediate about the experience of reading a poem. It makes sense in my own mind, but I'm trying to figure… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
Since I have known God in a saving manner, painting, poetry, and music have had charms unknown to me before. I have… — Henry Martyn Copy Share Image
In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
When I make a portrait,I cannot limit it tothe lines of the head, for that head belongs toa body, it exists ina… — Medardo Rosso Copy Share Image
“He is all my art to me now," said the painter gravely. "I sometimes think, Harry, that there are only two eras… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
