--- title: "17 Painting Think Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Painting Think quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Painting Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/brian-eno-776_jazz_painting-i-think-it-s-like-jazz-2491861_2491861.jpg" --- > [Painting, I think it's like jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/painting-i-think-it-s-like-jazz/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/brian-eno-776_jazz_painting-i-think-it-s-like-jazz-2491861_2491861.jpg) > [I like painting, I think it's relaxing. I also like designing; I don't really like the manual labor, to be honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-anstead/i-like-painting-i-think-it-s-relaxing-i-also-like-designing-i-don-t/) [Christina Anstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-anstead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/christina-anstead-8012_artist_i-like-painting-i-think-it-s-relaxing-i_2718087.jpg) > [I don't work from drawings and colour sketches into a final painting. Painting, I think, today - the more immediate, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackson-pollock/i-don-t-work-from-drawings-and-colour-sketches-into-a-final-painting/) [Jackson Pollock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackson-pollock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/jackson-pollock-8264_artist_i-don-t-work-from-drawings-and-colour-sk_445988.jpg) > [The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-kinkade/the-worlds-i-paint-leave-a-lot-to-engage-the-imagination-by-hinting-2/) [Thomas Kinkade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-kinkade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/thomas-kinkade-9869_artist_the-worlds-i-paint-leave-a-lot-to-engage_847037.jpg) > [I started painting, I think when I was in school and I used to do watercolours back then. I attended a class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishita-dutta/i-started-painting-i-think-when-i-was-in-school-and-i-used-to-do/) [Ishita Dutta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishita-dutta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/ishita-dutta-9203_artist_i-started-painting-i-think-when-i-was-in_3138710.jpg) > [“I like money on the wall. Say you were going to buy a $200,000 painting. I think you should take that money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-like-money-on-the-wall-say-you-were-going-to-buy-a-200-000-painting/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/andy-warhol-746_money_i-like-money-on-the-wall-say-you-were-go_1462748.jpg) > [I feel like it's almost a Renaissance thing, a painting, a modern version of a painting. I think it's important for Kim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/i-feel-like-it-s-almost-a-renaissance-thing-a-painting-a-modern/) [Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/kanye-west-242_feels_i-feel-like-it-s-almost-a-renaissance-th_1686971.jpg) > [“I like that about art, that what you see is sometimes more about who you are than what’s on the wall. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cath-crowley/i-like-that-about-art-that-what-you-see-is-sometimes-more-about-who/) [Cath Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cath-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/cath-crowley-1328_art_i-like-that-about-art-that-what-you-see_1464174.jpg) > [When I see people making 'abstract' painting, I think it's just a dialogue and a dialogue isn't enough. That is to say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-guston/when-i-see-people-making-abstract-painting-i-think-it-s-just-a/) [Philip Guston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-guston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/philip-guston-13611_abstract_when-i-see-people-making-abstract-painti_2833070.jpg) > [For years, I went around the world looking and then painting, but now I have to think first and then paint. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milford-zornes/for-years-i-went-around-the-world-looking-and-then-painting-but-now-i/) [Milford Zornes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milford-zornes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/milford-zornes-85492_around-the-world_for-years-i-went-around-the-world-lookin_621229.png) > [I think about my art works as paintings, because they refer to the history of painting. I also have to think about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-arcangel/i-think-about-my-art-works-as-paintings-because-they-refer-to-the/) [Cory Arcangel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-arcangel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/cory-arcangel-36412_art_i-think-about-my-art-works-as-paintings_3093613.png) > [For example, in one of my last exhibitions I had a 50-foot massive painting with I think perhaps a hundred thousand hand-painted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/for-example-in-one-of-my-last-exhibitions-i-had-a-50-foot-massive/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/kehinde-wiley-1194_christ_for-example-in-one-of-my-last-exhibition_923224.jpg) > [I wish I could be more serious about painting. I think there may be something going on there and I should pursue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-wish-i-could-be-more-serious-about-painting-i-think-there-may-be/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/lou-doillon-10638_artist_i-wish-i-could-be-more-serious-about-pai_555323.jpg) > [“Most times I look at Shadow and Poet's work, I see something different from what the words are telling me. I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cath-crowley/most-times-i-look-at-shadow-and-poet-s-work-i-see-something-different/) [Cath Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cath-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/cath-crowley-1328_art_most-times-i-look-at-shadow-and-poet-s-w_1907101.jpg) > [I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before it forms itself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt-2/i-like-to-write-about-painting-because-i-think-visually-i-see-my/) [A. S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/a-s-byatt-2-7553_about_i-like-to-write-about-painting-because-i_1682236.jpg) > [The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/the-investigation-of-making-is-illuminating-towards-that-moment/) [Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/julie-mehretu-37081_approach_the-investigation-of-making-is-illuminat_96793.jpg) > [As far as trying to make it terms of social hierarchy or status and all that in art and music - I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willis-earl-beal/as-far-as-trying-to-make-it-terms-of-social-hierarchy-or-status-and/) [Willis Earl Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willis-earl-beal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/willis-earl-beal-16819_art_as-far-as-trying-to-make-it-terms-of-soc_3186099.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/painting-think/#itemlist", "name": "Painting Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Painting, I think it's like jazz.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brian Eno" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/painting-i-think-it-s-like-jazz/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/brian-eno-776_jazz_painting-i-think-it-s-like-jazz-2491861_2491861.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/brian-eno-776_jazz_painting-i-think-it-s-like-jazz-2491861_2491861.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/brian-eno-776_jazz_painting-i-think-it-s-like-jazz-2491861_2491861.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Painting, I think it's like jazz.” — Brian Eno", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like painting, I think it's relaxing. 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I also have to think…” — Cory Arcangel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For example, in one of my last exhibitions I had a 50-foot massive painting with I think perhaps a hundred thousand hand-painted small flowers. This was the Christ painting [The Dead Christ in the Tomb, 2008] in my Down exhibition [2008]. Now, I simply can't spend eight hours a day painting small, identical flowers. 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