Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to… — Arthur Boyd Copy Share Image
I found everything so remote but, at the same time, familiar when I occasionally looked into the mountains, rocks, pine trees and… — Zhang Xiaogang Copy Share Image
The image itself is kind of the least important factor to me, though I'm still interested in putting forth an interesting image.… — Tara Donovan Copy Share Image
“She can paint a pretty picture but this story has a twist. The paintbrush is a razor and the canvas is her… — Amy Efaw Copy Share Image
“He said, one has to learn that painting well - in the academic and technical sense - comes right at the bottom… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
What you have to do is disavow yourself from any sense other than ascendancy. That's the only direction you could possibly have… — Milton Resnick Copy Share Image
The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a… — Frank Auerbach Copy Share Image
(Canada) - the most parochial nationette on earth ... I have been living in this sanctimonious icebox ... painting portraits of the… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
I feel like what's most important for painting - which has been hierarchically on the top for a really long time in… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
My paintings at their best take that vocabulary and attempt to transpose that into a form that gives respect not only to… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Policemen and security guards wear hats with a peak that comes down low over their eyes. Apparently this is for psychological reasons.… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I always wanted to play music, but my family was more interested in handing me paints and markers. Art was always my… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Another thing that you really do when you play, that you're supposed to do, is colors. You know, you cannot play with… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I look at music like an art form, so it's almost like painting for me, you know? — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I have not collected art. Art collected me. I never found paintings. They found me. I have never even owned a work… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
Every now and again, a painting will get away from my control and take over. Sometimes it's a good thing. Sometimes it's… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
I know a painting so evanescent that it is seldom viewed at all except by some wandering deer. It is a river… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter that your painting is small. Kopecks are also small, but when a lot are put together they make a… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Look at the paintings of Picasso. He is a great painter, but just a subjective artist. Looking at his paintings, you will… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“You'll never end up in a museum if you spend your whole life painting fences.” — Connor Chalfant Copy Share Image
I've heard many times that with all good artists it's ultimately a self-portrait even if it's an abstraction. I feel my work… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful paintings in existence today are the ones which were not painted by anyone.” — Karel Teige Copy Share Image
If I was painting a picture, I wouldn't want to take a picture of a single paint stroke. I'd rather show people… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
