Cents Quote by Burton Silverman

Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.

— Kiki Smith

The power of a painting has to come from the inside out, not the outside in. It's not just an image. It's an image…

— Sean Scully

In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself.

— James Rosenquist

Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be…

— Ali Banisadr

There are certain times when a painting accelerates beyond you, and you have to try and understand and catch up with it.

— Nigel Cooke

Sometimes you need to live with a painting for a while. Starting a painting can be easy, but finishing it... that's the skill of…

— Elizabeth Neel

The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I would approach…

— Julie Mehretu

Sometimes you look at a painting and certain parts are so beautiful. You say, "Wow, this is fantastic," but 10 minutes later you most…

— Michael Chow

The vast amount of time it takes to make my paintings is very challenging. I have so many exciting ideas I would love to…

— Mark Ryden

You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're…

— Marina Abramovic

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting.

— Philip Guston

Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.

— Ali Banisadr