“His drawings were not originals then, only copies. He must have been doing them as a sort of retirement hobby, he was… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
One day, in the San Francisco walk, he came upon some badly painted figures and observed that good painters imitate nature but… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
I think that there is not really a difference between a 'Peanuts' and a beautiful Renaissance painting. There is something very romantic… — Alessandro Michele Copy Share Image
My background is in art. I was a painter and an occasional sculptor, and I really like materials - you know, stuff.… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
I can't bear to finish things, beyond a certain point they get heavy. There's something so dead about a finished painting. — John Updike Copy Share Image
As for borrowing Mr. Whistler's ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Oh, the sudden change of perspective brought about by travel and absence! How different everything was here: the people in the streets,… — Georges Rodenbach Copy Share Image
There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as… — John Constable Copy Share Image
Once my paintings are complete, the model no longer lives in the painting as themselves. I see something bigger, more symbolic -… — Amy Sherald Copy Share Image
I hate to paint portraits! I hope never to paint another portrait in my life. Portraiture may be all right for a… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
“In Japan, a number of time-honored everyday activities (such as making tea, arranging flowers, and writing) have traditionally been deeply examined by… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
Life's a canvas you're an artist, Paint a picture of a garden then go and marvel at the harvest you created from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Painting without drawing is just 'coloriness,' color excitement. To think of color for… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
What counts is art. painting, a kind of painting that is quite different from what everyone makes it out to be. But… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Theres a blank canvas in front of you. You are the artist of your life, and you are free to paint any… — Nishu Copy Share Image
The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of… — Mike Svob Copy Share Image
I do not like to be a prophet. I like better to paint than to predict what the next painters will do.… — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
Lou Tyrrell has created a theatre that is a safe haven for playwrights, a birthing center for new American writing. Arts Garage… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
“Perception is like painting a scenery - no matter how beautifully you paint, it will still be a painting of the scenery,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
I will never, for the future, paint the portrait of a tyrant until his head lies before me on the scaffold. — Jacques-Louis David Copy Share Image
My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the… — Ron Moody Copy Share Image
“Svetlana said that she identified with that Madonna more than with any other woman in any other painting. She kept asking me… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his reflective processes,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
