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> [Painting is... a richer language than words... Painting operates through signs which are not abstract and incorporeal like words. The signs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-dubuffet/painting-is-a-richer-language-than-words-painting-operates-through/)

[Jean Dubuffet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-dubuffet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/jean-dubuffet-15341_abstract_painting-is-a-richer-language-than-words_42573.jpg)

> [“There are a million ways to create. It’s not always typing words, painting pictures, or acting in a play.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandt-legg/there-are-a-million-ways-to-create-it-s-not-always-typing-words/)

[Brandt Legg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandt-legg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/brandt-legg-17542_creativity_there-are-a-million-ways-to-create-it-s_1833743.jpg)

> [Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/poetry-is-superior-to-painting-in-the-presentation-of-words-and/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/leonardo-da-vinci-330_facts_poetry-is-superior-to-painting-in-the-pr_2414706.jpg)

> [The imagery is very much released from reality. It's not nailed down to specifics of the words. They're painting a picture, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-b-shapiro/the-imagery-is-very-much-released-from-reality-it-s-not-nailed-down/)

[Daniel B. Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-b-shapiro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/966/daniel-b-shapiro-230302_imagery_the-imagery-is-very-much-released-from-r_2561538.png)

> [Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/remember-always-in-painting-as-in-eloquence-the-greater-your-strength/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/john-ruskin-314_aim_remember-always-in-painting-as-in-eloque_2628664.jpg)

> [“-last words about painting, age 78... I think I'm beginning to learn something about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/last-words-about-painting-age-78-i-think-i-m-beginning-to-learn/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/pierre-auguste-renoir-7064_artist_last-words-about-painting-age-78-i-think_2713782.png)

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