Painting is just a hobby. I really don't think of it much more than that. But writing music and writing words... my… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop an approach and philosophy about life - if he… — Jacob Lawrence Copy Share Image
David Hockney is best known for his work with paint and canvas, but he has also worked in media as diverse as… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do something creative, but as much as I'm creative, it's in a really hard-core, right-brained way. For me,… — Joshua Prince-Ramus Copy Share Image
Roger Fry is painting me. It is too like me at present, but he is confident he will be able to alter… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
The essence of paint ball is the fact that when you get hit by a ball full of paint, it hurts just… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find… — Idris Khan Copy Share Image
Yeah, it's not that I wanted to do a painting, I wanted to do writing like that. What jolted me about Jasper… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
The only tool we have as artists is selectivity. If you're a painter, you select the color, the lines, how severe they… — Jack Klugman Copy Share Image
There are plenty of millionaires who would pay millions to hang a Van Gogh painting on the wall, but hardly one that… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
As a painter, cursed or blessed with a terrible and vital sensuousness, I must look for wisdom with my eyes. I repeat,… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
My dad's an artist, and my grandfather paints - he's not a painter; my grandfather's a butcher - but he does a… — Brett Dalton Copy Share Image
“I had painted a lot of landscapes, had stood before many while they burned their remote beauty into my skin, but had… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“I've seen only painters and fishermen and I think they're both the same kind of men who made a different choice one… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Do you know the anecdote about Rubens? He was serving Holland as Ambassador to Spain and used to spend the afternoon in… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Do not imagine that I would disregard that thing that lies beneath the mask... but be sure that when the outside is… — William Merritt Chase Copy Share Image
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or… — William Blake Copy Share Image
I feel like vocals are to music what portraits are to painting. They're the humanity. Landscapes are good and fine, but at… — Grimes Copy Share Image
“Good art is like a sexy pair of lips—it has the potential to say so much, but prefers to have you do… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between… — Kate Walsh Copy Share Image
I want to make portraits and images. I don't know how. Out of despair, I just use paint anyway. Suddenly the things… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
More and more, as I grow older, I find myself looking for inspiration in painting, illustration, videogames, and old movies. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw… — Nick Carter Copy Share Image
“But I do not think we can wait for painting. This place is dangerous for us. Perlain is already impatient with us.… — Emily Rodda Copy Share Image
Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
An artist who wants to transpose a composition onto a larger canvas must conceive it over again in order to preserve its… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell… — Wayne White Copy Share Image
When you look at a work of art, you don't see a cover for something else; you see revelation. If you're an… — Deborah Solomon Copy Share Image
When I look at a football pitch, I suppose, yes, I see it as my canvas. I see solutions, possibilities, the space… — Robin Van Persie Copy Share Image
The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture. — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
“Magic is the most interesting art because people not necessarily want to learn to paint after they see a great painting, but… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Art, after all, is traditionally displayed against vacancies: paintings on dun walls, sculptures in empty spaces, music in quiet halls. — John Hart Copy Share Image
Don't worry, it's very clear that the painting was done by a human, most likely a human with one eye removed and… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
Abstract is not a style. I simply want to make a surface work. This is just a use of space and form:… — Joan Mitchell Copy Share Image
I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“In the canvas of the coming year, paint not just with colors of knowledge, but with the bold strokes of your inner… — Dr. Tracey Bond Copy Share Image