A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere. — Umberto Boccioni Copy Share Image
Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
Say you are doing a portrait and the face is perfectly done, but the rest of it is done in brushstrokes. That… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
I have been painting models with black and brown skin only for the past years. So, I did already have this experience,… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
“I took out my brush and got to brushing the waves on the back of my head.” — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
I usually draw in silence, but listen to music or public radio when I'm painting, after all the important decisions have been… — Sophie Blackall Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has not groomed his life in general towards some definite end cannot possibly arrange his individual actions properly. It is… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
If you're going to be an artist, all life is your subject. And all your experience is part of your art. A… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
A great painting is something that you can come back to again and again. — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the… — Joan Miro Copy Share Image
Laid it on the ground, paint done got wetter. More fifteens in my trunk than Marcelle's Quinceaneara. — Riff Raff Copy Share Image
The student's ambition should be to become a painter's painter, rather than a popular painter. The approbation of fellow artists based on… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
There's this idea of bankers retiring and painting watercolours. You can't dabble in art - it's a life. Being a writer, an… — Justin Cartwright 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
I do feel that both visual artists and writers look out at the world in a similar way, and wonder at what… — Connie Wanek Copy Share Image
“It isn't that it's too soon, you're on the back of my bike, it ain't too soon. You can buy sheets. You… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
A painter was asked why, since he made such beautiful figures, which were but dead things, his children were so ugly; to… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
To me, paintings are about beauty. They are very feminine, and beauty is something very feminine. For a long time, people would… — Nir Hod Copy Share Image
I sit for two or three hours and then in 15 minutes I can do a painting, but that's part of it.… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
I can't honestly say where the inspiration for my work came from. I think it came from reading. It came from texts,… — Lebbeus Woods Copy Share Image
