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title: "7 Writing Painting Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Writing Painting quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Writing Painting sayings and thoughts."
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> [It is impossible to know what fate will bring. If you love to write or paint, you will keep on writing or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maira-kalman/it-is-impossible-to-know-what-fate-will-bring-if-you-love-to-write-or/)

[Maira Kalman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maira-kalman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/maira-kalman-14477_being_it-is-impossible-to-know-what-fate-will_767369.jpg)

> [In matters like writing and painting, a man does what he has to do - if he has to write, why then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-cowley/in-matters-like-writing-and-painting-a-man-does-what-he-has-to-do-if/)

[Malcolm Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-cowley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/malcolm-cowley-25549_career_in-matters-like-writing-and-painting-a-m_1034372.jpg)

> [I think photography is closest to writing, not painting. It's closest to writing because you are using this machine to convey an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-mark/i-think-photography-is-closest-to-writing-not-painting-it-s-closest/)

[Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ellen-mark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/mary-ellen-mark-8293_computers_i-think-photography-is-closest-to-writin_2111612.png)

> [Writing must certainly be one of the hardest professions - writing and painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjelica-huston/writing-must-certainly-be-one-of-the-hardest-professions-writing-and/)

[Anjelica Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjelica-huston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/anjelica-huston-8543_career_writing-must-certainly-be-one-of-the-har_2185078.jpg)

> [Writing and Painting are the same for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-malkin/writing-and-painting-are-the-same-for-me/)

[Peter Malkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-malkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/peter-malkin-59367_me_writing-and-painting-are-the-same-for-me_2404895.jpg)

> [Writing is the painting of the voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/writing-is-the-painting-of-the-voice/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/voltaire-173_painting_writing-is-the-painting-of-the-voice-253_2536805.png)

> [“The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself. The fools who write articles about me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-anderson/the-object-of-art-is-not-to-make-salable-pictures-it-is-to-save-2/)

[Sherwood Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/sherwood-anderson-2780_art_the-object-of-art-is-not-to-make-salable_2828752.png)

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