Painting Quotes · Page 83

“Your soul is your paintbrush, your world is your canvass, your life is your masterpiece.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

— Jack Levine

Without good drawing, the foundation of a painting will collapse.

— Ken Danby

My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy,

— H. R. Giger

Looking at paintings was a huge part of finding my way into the lush world of the 18th century.

— Rebecca Miller

Painting doesn't mean just describing; it's a state of spirit.

— Caryl Churchill

A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.

— Keith Richards

“Paint speckled her skin like a colourful constellation of freckles.”

— Kerri Maniscalco

Friends often think it must be fun to be a painter... When it's going well, it's far more profound than mere fun;…

— Steven Whitney

But let's speak of art for a moment. Yes, art. I know a gentleman who makes excellent portraits. This gentleman is a…

— Tristan Tzara

Kaz's art is a powerful example of discipline and freedom. His classical calligraphy captures the inner movement and stillness of the brush…

— Joan Halifax

I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don't know nor can I…

— Pablo Picasso

If you're a painter, it's simply taken for granted that you'll spend a lot of time in museums studying great paintings, but…

— Bill Watterson

In some way they are all self-portraits, but I think I know what you mean by asking this - I would say,…

— Kehinde Wiley

When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or…

— Anonymous

Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I've been creating in some capacity forever. It was always usually painting and drawing, but I've been exploring more video and sculpture…

— Chloe Wise

If you look at the image [ Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self ], it treads on…

— Kerry James Marshall

What really surprised me was how strange my paintings are anyway. To me, it's like, "Let's paint some portraits and some objects.…

— Nigel Cooke

I wanted to be a visual artist, but I realized I was more affected by what I read than by what I…

— David Sedaris

The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive. Almost every day I live…

— Joseph Plaskett

I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The…

— J. G. Ballard

Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I do very, very, very simple, skimpy doodles, nothing too committed. Because people tend to fall in love if they like it…

— Dave McKean

When I wake up, I can't wait to get to the studio, go into the paint room.

— Peter Max

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

— Jackson Pollock

If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.

— Banksy

Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance.

— Horace

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.

— Rita Rudner

I am an artist. The track is my canvas, and the car is my brush.

— Graham Hill

An abstract painting need in 50 years by no means look "abstract" any longer.

— Marcel Duchamp

A painter leaves his emotions behind him for posterity to share.

— Augustus John

The more successful paintings just fall off the brush. The less successful ones take longer.

— Toni Onley

I never saw a painting that would not be improved by the addition of tropical fish.

— John Cooper Clarke

Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.

— Gustav Klimt

“I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!” ”

— Ramana Pemmaraju

A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.

— Anthony Browne

A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere.

— Frank Stella

The canvas has an idiotic stare and mesmerises some painters so much that they turn into idiots themselves.

— Vincent Van Gogh