Back Quote by Ben Eine

If painting weren't so difficult, it wouldn't be fun.

— Edgar Degas

I paint on the ground. I paint with sticks, with big paint cans, and whatever else falls in it. Basically, what I'm doing is…

— Richard Grieco

I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.

— Max Beckmann

I went through about six or seven painting methods just to see what I didn't want to do. And then I got off the…

— Agnes Denes

Painting is so difficult that I would give it up if it were not so enjoyable.

— William McGregor Paxton

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

— Joni Mitchell

Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind.

— Theodore Robinson

I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try…

— Gerhard Richter

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

— Robert Henri

Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.

— Romare Bearden

Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement.

— Max Beckmann

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

— Paul Cezanne