Entry Quote by Andre Breton

“Pictures tell the story of actual impulse in the artist—or the lack of it.”

— Robert Henri

“He laughed. “What’s to say? Great paintings—people flock to see them, they draw crowds, they’re reproduced endlessly on coffee mugs and mouse pads and…

— Donna Tartt

The activity of painting: A thrilling tussle between the artist's materials and his inspiration.

— Mervyn Levy

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will…

— Paul Gauguin

“The great French diarist Jules Renard (1864-1910) had small interest in non-literary art forms. When Ravel approached him wanting to set five of his…

— Julian Barnes

The great French Impressionist painter Renoir, right at the end of his very long life, said to a friend, "I am just now learning…

— Roger Housden

“When he worked on this painting, he felt sometimes as if he were flying, as if the world of galleries and parties and other…

— Hanya Yanagihara

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Painters must want to paint above all else. If the artist in front of the canvas begins to wonder how much he will sell…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.

— Pablo Picasso

“The painter is not simply someone who looks and who sees. Above all, the artist is someone who exposes a personal vision by rendering…

— Marcel Paquet

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed, at its aspect everyone may create romance at the will…

— Paul Gauguin