The Doors are perfect paintings; a relief from the picture world I’ve created for myself. — Gary Hume Copy Share Image
“Matisse never hoped to save lives. But he repeatedly said that he wanted to make paintings so serenely beautiful that when one… — Elaine Scarry Copy Share Image
'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
My paintings capture the humor, zaniness, and depth of the Batman villains as well as the Freudian motivations of Batman as an… — Adam West Copy Share Image
I've been working with Disney all these years doing voice work, and now I'm signed with Disney Fine Arts, doing 'Beauty and… — Paige O'Hara Copy Share Image
I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston,… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
The paintings live because their creator has been passionately attentive to their theme, and his attention has left something for us to… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
Generally paintings are about technique, but I don't see myself as a painter. I am more of a storyteller and an image… — Nir Hod Copy Share Image
Before they did all those shows on Jackson Pollock, I loved the way he formulated his paintings. I loved Basquiat - I… — Matt Schulze Copy Share Image
In a way, my paintings are like my children. They have many possibilities in life. You tell them, 'I believe that you're… — Norbert Bisky Copy Share Image
“On the opposite wall was a Damien Hirst spot painting, bought by Arabella after a decent bonus season. Roger's considered view of… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“You can't dance to paintings. This is something Ben said, during one of our White Cube conversations, back when I was still… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
I make paintings really slowly because I change them and change them and change them and change them and change them. I… — Amy Sillman Copy Share Image
My paintings are loosely based on meta narratives. The pictures float in and out of pictorial genres. Still life's become personified, portraits… — Dana Schutz Copy Share Image
Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors' item… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Writing plays supplied for me everything that painting didn't, which is the ability to tell stories in real time, in a real… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
“The title on the front of the sketchbook was written in bold cursive: 'Libby's Book of Butterflies.' One of the edges was… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
The grey paintings, for example, a painted grey surface, completely monochromatic - they come from a motivation, or result from a state,… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“Because this painting has never been restored there is a heightened poignance to it somehow; it doesn’t have the feeling of unassailable… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“Outside, the sunlight had turned pale lemon, but the studio remained cool. The white walls and white-tiled splashback behind the sink were… — Christine Stovell Copy Share Image
“I don't want these. They're mud and they've got no color. Or at least the color is different from what I'm used… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Noa sleeps with the curtains open, allowing as much moonlight as possible to flood her bedroom, allowing her to see each and… — Menna van Praag 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
“I was reading about animals a while back and there was this motherfucking scientist in France back in the thirties or forties… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
