Doe Quote by Ben Shahn

When one is painting one does not think.

— Raphael

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable…

— Lucian Freud

A painting is not thought out in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s thoughts change. And when it’s finished, it…

— Pablo Picasso

I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has to…expose as much as possible…

— Keith Haring

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

— Caspar David Friedrich

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

— Lucian Freud

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which…

— Paul Cezanne

It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.

— Thomas S. Buechner

“Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“An artist does not have to think about what he is doing.”

— Irving Stone

What an artist worries about as he plans his pictures, makes his sketches, or wonders whether he has completed his canvas, is something much…

— Ernst Gombrich

My instinct about painting says, 'if you don't think about it, it's right.' As soon as you have to decide and choose, it's wrong.…

— Andy Warhol