Ability Quote by Beatrice Lillie

What I say to an artist is, 'When you can't paint - paint.

— Joyce Cary

Well, I don't believe there are subjects that can't be painted, but there are a lot of things that I personally can't paint.

— Gerhard Richter

No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

— Edouard Manet

A painter paints because he has no time not to paint.

— Josef Albers

You don't decide to paint. It's like getting hungry and going to the kitchen to eat. It's a need, not a choice.

— Leonora Carrington

A painter doesn't need any talent. In fact, it's better not to have it.

— Georg Baselitz

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

— Caspar David Friedrich

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

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

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

— Alberto Giacometti

To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.

— Umberto Boccioni

If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.

— Salvador Dali