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title: "5 Taught Paint Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I'd been taught to paint like other people, and I thought, what's the use? I couldn't do any better than they, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/i-d-been-taught-to-paint-like-other-people-and-i-thought-what-s-the/)

[Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/georgia-o-keeffe-2763_artist_i-d-been-taught-to-paint-like-other-peop_111466.png)

> [Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/instead-of-art-i-have-taught-philosophy-though-technique-for-me-is-a/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/josef-albers-9747_art_instead-of-art-i-have-taught-philosophy_458840.jpg)

> [I taught myself to paint African-Americans, mostly people roughly my skin tone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-taught-myself-to-paint-african-americans-mostly-people-roughly-my/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/kehinde-wiley-1194_myself_i-taught-myself-to-paint-african-america_1694482.jpg)

> [What if at school you had to take an 'art class' in which you were only taught how to paint a fence?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-frenkel/what-if-at-school-you-had-to-take-an-art-class-in-which-you-were-only/)

[Edward Frenkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-frenkel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/edward-frenkel-39915_appreciate_what-if-at-school-you-had-to-take-an-art_2429485.jpg)

> [My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-modine/my-father-taught-me-to-paint-when-i-was-young-with-watercolors-and-so/)

[Matthew Modine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-modine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/matthew-modine-22146_age_my-father-taught-me-to-paint-when-i-was_2589006.jpg)

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