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title: "11 Paintings Look Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Paintings Look quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Paintings Look sayings and thoughts."
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> [I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-want-to-make-paintings-that-look-as-if-they-were-made-by-a-child/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/jean-michel-basquiat-15294_child_i-want-to-make-paintings-that-look-as-if_989378.jpg)

> [I see paintings everywhere. I look at stuff and it looks like painting to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-schnabel/i-see-paintings-everywhere-i-look-at-stuff-and-it-looks-like-painting/)

[Julian Schnabel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-schnabel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/julian-schnabel-9809_looks_i-see-paintings-everywhere-i-look-at-stu_1746037.jpg)

> [You don't talk about paintings, you look at them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/you-don-t-talk-about-paintings-you-look-at-them/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/pierre-auguste-renoir-7064_artist_you-don-t-talk-about-paintings-you-look_1254073.png)

> [I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-barnett/i-really-admire-paintings-that-look-like-an-actual-snapshot-i-think/)

[Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-barnett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/samuel-barnett-15432_actual_i-really-admire-paintings-that-look-like_1679708.jpg)

> [I want my paintings to look like what's going on outside my window rather than what's inside my studio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-want-my-paintings-to-look-like-what-s-going-on-outside-my-window/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/robert-rauschenberg-5257_artist_i-want-my-paintings-to-look-like-what-s_2735808.jpg)

> [“I like those very realistic paintings that look like photographs, or novels that are so much like actual life that you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-like-those-very-realistic-paintings-that-look-like-photographs-or/)

[Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/deb-caletti-697_actual-life_i-like-those-very-realistic-paintings-th_112681.png)

> [People used to give me pictures or paintings of me - they never look even close to what I look like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-palumbo/people-used-to-give-me-pictures-or-paintings-of-me-they-never-look/)

[Daryl Palumbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-palumbo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/daryl-palumbo-41455_giving_people-used-to-give-me-pictures-or-paint_1861781.jpg)

> [A photo is like a map, a way of giving me a foot into a kind of reality I want... I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/a-photo-is-like-a-map-a-way-of-giving-me-a-foot-into-a-kind-of/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/peter-doig-23729_feet_a-photo-is-like-a-map-a-way-of-giving-me_98879.jpg)

> [I have a studio in the country - in the woods - but my paintings look more real to me than what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-guston/i-have-a-studio-in-the-country-in-the-woods-but-my-paintings-look/)

[Philip Guston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-guston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/philip-guston-13611_clouds_i-have-a-studio-in-the-country-in-the-wo_1502231.jpg)

> [I like all paintings. I always look at the paintings, good or bad, in barbershops, furniture stores, provincial hotels. I'm like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/i-like-all-paintings-i-always-look-at-the-paintings-good-or-bad-in/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/pablo-picasso-552_artist_i-like-all-paintings-i-always-look-at-th_113391.jpg)

> [I love the art history ones because it's so little work for me. There's so many paintings that when I look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mallory-ortberg/i-love-the-art-history-ones-because-it-s-so-little-work-for-me-there/)

[Mallory Ortberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mallory-ortberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/mallory-ortberg-7200_art_i-love-the-art-history-ones-because-it-s_433803.jpg)

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