Authority Quote by Brian Johnson

I have always loved painting and I did it from a very young age.

— Brad Mondo

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

— Claude Monet

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

— Pablo Picasso

I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously.

— Jonathan Lethem

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

— Robert Bateman

Painting is almost like a religious experience, which should go on and on. Age just gives you the freedom to do some things you've…

— Will Barnet

I have painted enough to have a lot of respect for mediocre painters. It's really hard.

— Peter Schjeldahl

Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though…

— Quentin Blake

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.

— Kim Weston

I've been painting since I was a kid.

— Dan Amboyer

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

— Maurice de Vlaminck

I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to…

— Lucian Freud