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title: "3 Painting Object Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Painting Object quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Painting Object sayings and thoughts."
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> [At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/at-first-i-had-some-idea-that-the-absence-of-color-made-the-work-more/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/jasper-johns-8447_absence_at-first-i-had-some-idea-that-the-absenc_2691356.jpg)

> [Painting is an object, but it's also a voice. I don't see them as objects; I see them as voices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-steir/painting-is-an-object-but-it-s-also-a-voice-i-don-t-see-them-as/)

[Pat Steir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-steir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/pat-steir-31386_artist_painting-is-an-object-but-it-s-also-a-vo_2703523.jpg)

> [I'm not at all interested in painting the object just as it is in nature. Certainly I'm much more interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-wyeth/i-m-not-at-all-interested-in-painting-the-object-just-as-it-is-in/)

[Andrew Wyeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-wyeth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/andrew-wyeth-11988_artist_i-m-not-at-all-interested-in-painting-th_2822457.png)

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