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title: "8 Painting Want Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Painting Want quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Painting Want sayings and thoughts."
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> [What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/what-is-the-use-of-good-painting-we-want-a-spell-cast-upon-the/)

[Robert Musil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-musil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/robert-musil-2009_artist_what-is-the-use-of-good-painting-we-want_103734.jpg)

> [In a painting I want to say something comforting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-comforting/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-co_658263.jpg)

> [The process is only a means to an end-creating the painting I want. It doesn't mean anything itself. It's only a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackson-pollock/the-process-is-only-a-means-to-an-end-creating-the-painting-i-want-it/)

[Jackson Pollock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackson-pollock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/jackson-pollock-8264_creating_the-process-is-only-a-means-to-an-end-cr_1007399.jpg)

> [Make a small painting of what you want to do... and project it up on a white wall... The enlarged version is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rowe/make-a-small-painting-of-what-you-want-to-do-and-project-it-up-on-a/)

[Jim Rowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rowe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/jim-rowe-39663_brain_make-a-small-painting-of-what-you-want-t_1665032.jpg)

> [A lot of young painters love to incorporate celebrity. One idea of being a painter is to use what's happening at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/a-lot-of-young-painters-love-to-incorporate-celebrity-one-idea-of/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/ellsworth-kelly-12449_artist_a-lot-of-young-painters-love-to-incorpor_2309848.png)

> [Every human being sees something different in a painting, so I want every single person to have their own thoughts about our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shavo-odadjian/every-human-being-sees-something-different-in-a-painting-so-i-want/)

[Shavo Odadjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shavo-odadjian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/shavo-odadjian-7565_artist_every-human-being-sees-something-differe_3024724.jpg)

> [“It is the last painting that I want to do, but I want to surpass myself in it. I am putting into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-louis-david/it-is-the-last-painting-that-i-want-to-do-but-i-want-to-surpass/)

[Jacques-Louis David](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-louis-david/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/jacques-louis-david-55514_artist_it-is-the-last-painting-that-i-want-to-d_3103930.png)

> [I'm purposeless. I'm making art because I want you to look at that painting and I want it to affect you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-steir/i-m-purposeless-i-m-making-art-because-i-want-you-to-look-at-that/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/pat-steir-31386_art_i-m-purposeless-i-m-making-art-because-i_3168117.jpg)

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