Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry. — Nicolas Poussin Copy Share Image
That I was not suited to commerce or academic study in no way proves that I should also be unfit to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you feel as if the world is only black and white, be that inspirational paint when no one else will. — Ayjee Grogan Copy Share Image
The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell. — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
The art of painting is entering a new golden age. It is in no danger of becoming obsolete. — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
When I started working at Pictures On Walls, I'd been hanging out with Banksy for a few years travelling around the world… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I'm working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter's hand. Such an empathetic awareness… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that… — Jose Parla Copy Share Image
I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
The artist himself is actually the subject in everything after, say, 1900. Eventually, art becomes so removed from the community that you… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
“cautiously. “Mark Rothko? Is that when he got Alizée’s paintings from Eleanor Roosevelt?” “He gets the painting from the other one.” I… — B.A. Shapiro Copy Share Image
The world shows up for us, but it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what… — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
I have always been jealous of artists. The smell of the studio, the names of the various tools, the look of a… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters. I can't stress enough how important it is, if you are… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
“the painter, Cezanne, would leave blank spaces on his canvas when he couldn’t account for the brush strokes, or the color”--- “How… — John Guare Copy Share Image
