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title: "18 Start Painting Quotes by 18 authors"
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> [If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lyon-phelps/if-i-didn-t-start-painting-i-would-have-raised-chickens/)

[William Lyon Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lyon-phelps/)

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> [I feel as though I haven't seen an object until I actually start painting it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fish/i-feel-as-though-i-haven-t-seen-an-object-until-i-actually-start/)

[Janet Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/janet-fish-56309_artist_i-feel-as-though-i-haven-t-seen-an-objec_2566560.png)

> [I always start a painting with the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/i-always-start-a-painting-with-the-sky/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

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> [Start a painting with fresh ideas, and then let the painting replace your ideas with its ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/start-a-painting-with-fresh-ideas-and-then-let-the-painting-replace/)

[Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/walter-darby-bannard-6715_artist_start-a-painting-with-fresh-ideas-and-th_43612.png)

> [I go out each morning and draw. I can't really start a painting in the morning until I've done a drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-auerbach/i-go-out-each-morning-and-draw-i-can-t-really-start-a-painting-in-the/)

[Frank Auerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-auerbach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/frank-auerbach-32638_artist_i-go-out-each-morning-and-draw-i-can-t-r_519118.jpg)

> [When you start a painting, it is somewhat outside you. At the conclusion, you seem to move inside the painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-botero/when-you-start-a-painting-it-is-somewhat-outside-you-at-the/)

[Fernando Botero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-botero/)

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> [I almost never start with an image. I start with a painting idea, an impulse, usually derived from my own world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/i-almost-never-start-with-an-image-i-start-with-a-painting-idea-an/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

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> [Usually people start with painting and then go on to make installations; my painting came from installation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/usually-people-start-with-painting-and-then-go-on-to-make/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/michael-craig-martin-9157_artist_usually-people-start-with-painting-and-t_2709287.jpg)

> [If you start painting yourself into a corner, life starts shutting down. There is always hopefully a next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-wexner/if-you-start-painting-yourself-into-a-corner-life-starts-shutting/)

[Les Wexner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-wexner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/les-wexner-14249_artist_if-you-start-painting-yourself-into-a-co_144792.png)

> [I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-ll-get-an-inspiration-and-start-painting-then-i-ll-forget/)

[Grandma Moses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grandma-moses/)

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> [What most paintings do is give you a path for your eye to move around. The painting actually tells your eye, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-salle/what-most-paintings-do-is-give-you-a-path-for-your-eye-to-move-around/)

[David Salle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-salle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/david-salle-11131_artist_what-most-paintings-do-is-give-you-a-pat_42375.jpg)

> [I'm old fashioned. I really think you should know how to draw before you start painting. I use charcoal and graphite; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-falk/i-m-old-fashioned-i-really-think-you-should-know-how-to-draw-before/)

[Peter Falk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-falk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/peter-falk-29554_art_i-m-old-fashioned-i-really-think-you-sho_1113113.jpg)

> [If you start a painting and you don't like where it's going, don't give up on it. Just keep going and follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mcdermott/if-you-start-a-painting-and-you-don-t-like-where-it-s-going-don-t/)

[Andrew McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mcdermott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/andrew-mcdermott-62048_don-t-give-up_if-you-start-a-painting-and-you-don-t-li_1280320.jpg)

> [Once you start painting, you could of course get lost. I mean you get out of yourself, you don't know whether you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/once-you-start-painting-you-could-of-course-get-lost-i-mean-you-get/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/david-hockney-1395_artist_once-you-start-painting-you-could-of-cou_3091405.png)

> [At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/at-the-point-where-i-m-trying-to-force-something-and-it-s-not/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/joni-mitchell-1160_brushes_at-the-point-where-i-m-trying-to-force-s_3035588.png)

> [You know, I'm incredibly blessed to be able to have this level of choice as an artist today. In this economy, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/you-know-i-m-incredibly-blessed-to-be-able-to-have-this-level-of/)

[Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/kehinde-wiley-1194_able_you-know-i-m-incredibly-blessed-to-be-ab_3024158.jpg)

> [Art is a beautiful world to get into. Once you are there, it is very difficult to get out of it. Like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimple-kapadia/art-is-a-beautiful-world-to-get-into-once-you-are-there-it-is-very/)

[Dimple Kapadia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimple-kapadia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/dimple-kapadia-5430_art_art-is-a-beautiful-world-to-get-into-onc_1201239.jpg)

> [“You see, the catch about portrait painting— I've looked into the thing a bit— is that you can't start painting portraits till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse/you-see-the-catch-about-portrait-painting-i-ve-looked-into-the-thing/)

[P.G. Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse/)

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