Pure painting or the art of drawing whose point of departure is based on purely formal criteria is,in my opinion,passé. I do… — Gunter Brus Copy Share Image
“He saw the white paper as the great universe of nonexistence. A single stroke would give rise to existence within it. He… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“You should regard each meeting with a friend as a sitting he is unwillingly giving you for a portrait - a portrait… — Hope Mirrlees Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
“It’s a question of legacy. Who else will do this work but us? The men who rarely include them in retrospectives? The… — Stephanie Dupal Copy Share Image
I deal with painting as I deal with things, I paint a window just as I look out of a window. If… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
There were no men in this painting, but it was about men, the kind who caused women to fall. I did not… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
You can describe [Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self] as a manifesto of sorts. I saw it… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
We had similar interests with Derek Rowan and Paul Hewson; it sounds really pretentious at 12, 13 year old kids were like… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
I foresee the time when the painter will paint that scene, no longer going to Rome for a subject; the poet will… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“What will be the physiognomy of painting, of poetry, of music, in a hundred years? No one can tell. As after the… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
As the evening mist worked its way into the scene, creating a warm filter through which the lowering sun bathed its light,… — Cory Trepanier Copy Share Image
I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I… — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“In a world where no one is compelled to work more than four hours a day, every person possessed of scientific curiosity… — Roman Krznaric Copy Share Image
I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Breughel is an example of an artist - I mean, this is true about artists and painters in general, but he is… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
When I'm writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I'm not in charge and I'm almost listening outside of it. That's… — Prince Copy Share Image
It's important to be yourself. What art does for everyone, helps you understand yourself and in a distilled way, whether it's a… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
We're running into a lot of new problems today because of what we emphasize in this culture. The word 'success' to the… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately life has a way of sidetracking one’s greatest ambitions. Painters, would-be artists, end up whitewashing walls. Sculptors are forced to design… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Fashion, at modern time, was actually a way for women to go out in the world. There was one painting of a… — Kim Gordon 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
I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject… — Tom Wesselmann Copy Share Image
I also take pleasure in the so-called negative power in Grotjahn's work. That is, I love his paintings for what they are… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“What I have lately said of painting is equally true with respect to poetry. It is only necessary for us to know… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Ladies and gentlemen, when you paint your lips, eyes, nails, hair, side-beards, or whatever, to look beautiful or handsome, don't forget your… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Women have always collected things and saved and recycled them because leftovers yielded nourishment in new forms. The decorative functional objects women… — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share Image
Sometimes I will portray the more normal-looking people as the monsters and then the more distorted - "uniquely formed" is the word… — Chris Mars Copy Share Image
“Above all, he encourages her to paint, nodding with approval at even her most unusual experiments with color, light, rough brushwork [...].… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
We depend on our surroundings obliquely to embody the moods and ideas we respect and then to remind us of them. We… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I think what inspires me is in a constant state of flux...it's easier to stick to photographers and perhaps cinematographers, though the… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
For example, in one of my last exhibitions I had a 50-foot massive painting with I think perhaps a hundred thousand hand-painted… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I happen to be a twin. I grew up half of my life with someone who looks and sounds like me. And… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I find that I have painted my life, things happening in my life - without knowing. After painting the shell and shingle… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
My art in the last period has all been in small format, but my paintings have become even deeper and more spiritual,… — Alexej von Jawlensky Copy Share Image
“He drew from under the table a sheet of strangely scented yellow-Chinese paper, the brushes, and slab of India ink. In cleanest,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
'State' can be a word that is a noun or a verb or an adverb - it's kind of why I chose… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
![“You can describe [Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self] as a manifesto of sorts. I saw it as a pivotal turn, a work that really led me down the avenues that brought me to where I am. That picture was the vehicle that helped me clarify a lot of things and I began to understand that…” quote by Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/kerry-james-marshall-5157_art_you-can-describe-portrait-of-the-artist_1969257.jpg)
![“When I'm writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I'm not in charge and I'm almost listening outside of it. That's when I realize that we all have to start looking at life as a gift. It's like listening to a color and believing that these colors have soul mates and once you get them all…” quote by Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/prince-1626_believe_when-i-m-writing-songs-some-days-the-pen_1718202.jpg)
![“Above all, he encourages her to paint, nodding with approval at even her most unusual experiments with color, light, rough brushwork [...]. She explains to him that she believes painting should reflect nature and life [...]. He nods, although he adds cautiously that he wouldn't want her to know…” quote by Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/elizabeth-kostova-6991_19th-century_above-all-he-encourages-her-to-paint-nod_2249142.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 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…” quote by Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/kehinde-wiley-1194_christ_for-example-in-one-of-my-last-exhibition_923224.jpg)
