Printmaking Quotes

8 quotes from 8 authors

Printmaking may feel like a niche hobby, but the eight reflections gathered show how it bridges craft, expression and perseverance. One writer talks about dyslexia turning ink into a voice, another praises relentless work over raw talent. For a fuller picture of visual creativity, you might also browse painting, illustration, or broader fine‑art discussions.

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Sometime in 1964 I realized that I was a victim of a printmaking obsession, a condition that persists today.

Irving Penn

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There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the…

Winslow Homer

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I still have a struggle reading (dyslexia, fh) and so I don't read much.. ..Probably the only reason I'm painter is because…

Robert Rauschenberg

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In printmaking, I essentially use the same process as in painting with one important exception ... to try, with sensitivity to the…

Robert Motherwell

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I really love printmaking. It’s like a mystery and you’re trying to figure out how to rein it in.

Kiki Smith

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The technical procedures doubtless release energies in the artist that remain unused in the much more lightweight processes of drawing or painting…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Having a background in doing printmaking and letterpress, I think that I became very interested in images that were flat and graphic.…

Margaret Kilgallen

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I was very interested in being a painter. I had facility, I had talent, and I loved painting and printmaking, and I…

John Lithgow

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