In the business of portrait photography, one must combine the artist and the craftsman. — Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr Copy Share Image
My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
It used to be that painters were crazy and sculptors clever. Today it's the other way around. — Giorgio de Chirico Copy Share Image
Paintings, like dreams, have a life of their own and I have always painted very much the way I dream. — Leonor Fini Copy Share Image
“He had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it.” — O. Henry Copy Share Image
“She can paint a lovely picture, but this story has a twist. her paintbrush is a razor, and her canvas is her… — Amy Efaw Copy Share Image
Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Man has used human rhythmic movement as raw material out of which to create works of art, as the composer of music… — Ted Shawn Copy Share Image
I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd… — Jean-Michel Basquiat Copy Share Image
I am very invested in the physical activity and the decision-making that is involved with making paintings - nothing else is quite… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
For the general public, my work is sometimes easier than a painting because there is someone addressing you; it can actually be… — Tino Sehgal Copy Share Image
Only the series of colors on the canvas with all their power and vibrancy could, in combination with each other, render the… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
Painting is of course multifarious, and for all of us the goal is, gaining control without impeding the creative process. — Don Farrell Copy Share Image
“I like money on the wall. Say you were going to buy a $200,000 painting. I think you should take that money,… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
There was a camera club at Columbia, where I was taking a painting course. And when I went down, somebody showed me… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
“It was a tribute to Raphael that lesser artists wanted to copy his work, but this… this was a travesty. The fresco… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
Over the past two decades, the boundary between photography and other media like painting, sculpture, or performance has become increasingly porous. It… — Geoffrey Batchen Copy Share Image
Growing up in Northern Ontario provided me with a strong affinity for the natural environment that was so eloquently responded to by… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I paint; I'm a woman but I don't paint china. The first time I got a canvas I felt free. Art is… — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
Everything I do, it's a bit painterly. I like being surrounded by objects, mostly on paper. I like the images. I like… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I can paint until I'm forty. After that I intend to dry up. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
