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title: "20 Wanted Paint Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Wanted Paint quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Wanted Paint sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/norman-reedus-10488_actors_before-becoming-an-actor-i-kind-of-just_2033558.jpg"
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> [Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-reedus/before-becoming-an-actor-i-kind-of-just-wanted-to-paint-and-live/)

[Norman Reedus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-reedus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/norman-reedus-10488_actors_before-becoming-an-actor-i-kind-of-just_2033558.jpg)

> [“He wanted the world to be the color of his dreams, wanted to paint in primary colors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tal-bauer/he-wanted-the-world-to-be-the-color-of-his-dreams-wanted-to-paint-in/)

[Tal Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tal-bauer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/tal-bauer-61572_dreams_he-wanted-the-world-to-be-the-color-of-h_2071394.jpg)

> [I cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/i-cannot-say-why-i-wanted-to-paint-the-only-answer-is-in-the-pictures/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/oskar-kokoschka-30116_answers_i-cannot-say-why-i-wanted-to-paint-the-o_1092933.jpg)

> [At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-nabokov/at-eight-he-had-once-told-his-mother-that-he-wanted-to-paint-air/)

[Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-nabokov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/vladimir-nabokov-198_air_at-eight-he-had-once-told-his-mother-tha_2350964.jpg)

> [I wanted to paint nothing. I was looking for something that was the essence of nothing, and the soup can was it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-wanted-to-paint-nothing-i-was-looking-for-something-that-was-the/)

[Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/andy-warhol-746_artist_i-wanted-to-paint-nothing-i-was-looking_2674065.jpg)

> [I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-henson/i-decided-that-what-i-really-wanted-to-do-was-go-off-and-paint/)

[Jim Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-henson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/jim-henson-7889_artist_i-decided-that-what-i-really-wanted-to-d_461495.jpg)

> [I always wanted to be an artist. I always knew that I wanted to paint, or dance, or sing, or act, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniela-vega/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-always-knew-that-i-wanted-to-paint/)

[Daniela Vega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniela-vega/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/daniela-vega-24513_always_i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-always_2601847.jpg)

> [“I wanted to paint a picture, in indelible print, across the canvass of my heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suman-pokhrel/i-wanted-to-paint-a-picture-in-indelible-print-across-the-canvass-of/)

[Suman Pokhrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suman-pokhrel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/suman-pokhrel-8620_painting_i-wanted-to-paint-a-picture-in-indelible_2049937.jpg)

> [Black ink was always my favorite. I loved it. And then one day I realized that the only thing I ever wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-soulages/black-ink-was-always-my-favorite-i-loved-it-and-then-one-day-i/)

[Pierre Soulages](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-soulages/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/pierre-soulages-30202_artist_black-ink-was-always-my-favorite-i-loved_824236.png)

> [I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/i-wanted-to-paint-a-picture-some-day-that-people-would-stand-before/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/o-henry-3281_bars_i-wanted-to-paint-a-picture-some-day-tha_1104162.jpg)

> [I wanted to paint pictures of people. I thought, "Why bother doing anything else. Everything else is a waste of time. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-yuskavage/i-wanted-to-paint-pictures-of-people-i-thought-why-bother-doing/)

[Lisa Yuskavage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-yuskavage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/lisa-yuskavage-30188_artist_i-wanted-to-paint-pictures-of-people-i-t_3202408.jpg)

> [People will keep on taking them for theorists, when all they wanted was to paint in gay, bright colours, like the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/people-will-keep-on-taking-them-for-theorists-when-all-they-wanted/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/pierre-auguste-renoir-7064_artist_people-will-keep-on-taking-them-for-theo_3078921.png)

> [I've met a lot of artists who wanted to paint me. LeRoy Neiman was one. He did it from a photograph. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-ve-met-a-lot-of-artists-who-wanted-to-paint-me-leroy-neiman-was-one/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/shaquille-o-neal-659_art_i-ve-met-a-lot-of-artists-who-wanted-to_282876.jpg)

> [When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/when-you-thought-i-wasn-t-looking-i-saw-you-hang-my-first-painting-on/)

[Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/nikhil-saluja-26_artist_when-you-thought-i-wasn-t-looking-i-saw_2582417.jpg)

> [As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diego-rivera/as-an-artist-i-have-always-tried-to-be-faithful-to-my-vision-of-life/)

[Diego Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diego-rivera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/diego-rivera-19217_art_as-an-artist-i-have-always-tried-to-be-f_2765260.png)

> [No one would want to pay a penny for an empty canvas by me. But it would be quite another if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/semir-zeki/no-one-would-want-to-pay-a-penny-for-an-empty-canvas-by-me-but-it/)

[Semir Zeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/semir-zeki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/semir-zeki-25396_art_no-one-would-want-to-pay-a-penny-for-an_2936527.jpg)

> [I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chantal-joffe/i-suppose-all-along-all-i-ever-really-wanted-to-do-was-paint-people/)

[Chantal Joffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chantal-joffe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/chantal-joffe-45163_changed_i-suppose-all-along-all-i-ever-really-wa_1462122.jpg)

> [Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/maybe-i-am-not-very-human-what-i-wanted-to-do-was-to-paint-sunlight/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/edward-hopper-15293_am_maybe-i-am-not-very-human-what-i-wanted_2109809.jpg)

> [I just wanted to paint and sketch and tell stories by drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/i-just-wanted-to-paint-and-sketch-and-tell-stories-by-drawing/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/robert-redford-1707_artist_i-just-wanted-to-paint-and-sketch-and-te_1498783.png)

> [What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/what-i-wanted-to-do-was-to-paint-sunlight-on-the-side-of-a-house/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/edward-hopper-15293_house_what-i-wanted-to-do-was-to-paint-sunligh_1045574.jpg)

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