Artist Quote by Ben Shahn

I don't believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it's a way to disguise myself.

— Gerhard Richter

Your style is the way you talk in paint.

— Robert Henri

Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed.

— Joshua Reynolds

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

— James Ellis

What does it mean for a painter to paint in the manner of So-and-So or to actually imitate someone else? What's wrong with that?…

— Pablo Picasso

If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and…

— Edvard Munch

Lots of artists who paint have the experience to one degree or another... where their thinking doesn't precede their doing... It's a funny thing,…

— Philip Guston

When technique is obtrusive it becomes mere mannerism, a conscious striving for effect. It is only a means to an end - the manner…

— Walter J. Phillips

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through…

— Paul McCartney

To be original one needs to learn the ideas of other painters in order to be different from them.

— Edgar Alwin Payne

Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be…

— Joe Bradley

I think painting is in fact a form of rehearsal expressed through different mediums.

— Wang Jianwei