All I can say is that when I paint, I am looking at things that are in the world. — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself. — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting. — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts. — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
Titian, Rembrandt and Goya were the great painters. I am only a public clown. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Painting contains a divine force which... makes the dead seem almost alive. — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I'm an architect. The paintings I've… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
If you keep pushing paint when you're tired of it, you lose sensitivity. I can only focus on painting for a few… — Gary Panter Copy Share Image
I went to the Chicago Art Institute, which was the best painting school in the area at that time. And I took… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“I spray the sky fast. Eyes ahead and behind. Looking for cops. Looking for anyone I don't want to be here. Paint… — cath crowley Copy Share Image
The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete… — Terrence Howard Copy Share Image
I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“Once in an endless meadow, just able to peer through the tawny haze of the grass tops, the child who was myself… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
I remember one day when Juan Gris told me about a bunch of grapes he had seen in a painting by Picasso.… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
My early self-portraits appeared effortlessly and seemed like equivalents for my deeper emotions. Many critics remarked that the images had an almost… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
Monarchs, aristocrats, and other powerful and wealthy individuals have usually been happy to have themselves and their possessions and families immortalised in… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“Although 'to paint' means something like "to cause to be covered with paint," one does not 'paint a brush' when one dips… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“She looked at him, her eyes brimming with laughter again. Joel sat gazing at her, wondering how much attention she was drawing… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
Usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
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