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I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular place. They…

— Peter Wright

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint at all.

— Alberto Giacometti

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all.

— Alberto Giacometti

I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to…

— Lucian Freud

I like to paint paintings that I haven't seen.

— Mati Klarwein

I paint paintings of people.

— Amy Sherald

I paint as a way of looking for myself in the world.

— Amy Sherald

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

— Edouard Manet

Painting is a solitary act for me; I don't need anyone around to make paintings.

— Danny Fox

People don't paint for the hell of it. It's a deeply seated thing - a preoccupation - the whole of one's life.

— Roger de Grey

I've met a lot of artists who wanted to paint me. LeRoy Neiman was one. He did it from a photograph. He made 20,000…

— Shaquille O'Neal

It's difficult to paint every day, and people who say they do, probably don't; it's a very demanding thing.

— Roger de Grey