Painting Quote by Carlo Carra

“Let us paint depth, joy, and happiness onto the canvas of our lives, for it is a vital and gratifying endeavor. (Painting and Meditation)–”

— Erik Pevernagie

I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with…

— Gerhard Richter

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

— Pablo Picasso

Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.

— Orhan Pamuk

“But I want to paint you. That’s how artists come to possess things beyond their means, can you understand that?”

— Lakambini A. Sitoy

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.

— Balthus

“I paint as a means to make life bearable.”

— Van Goh

“He laughed. “What’s to say? Great paintings—people flock to see them, they draw crowds, they’re reproduced endlessly on coffee mugs and mouse pads and…

— Donna Tartt

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.

— Barnett Newman

The time has passed for our sensations in painting to be whispered. We wish them in the future to sing and re-echo upon our…

— Umberto Boccioni

“Musicians have notes. Painters have paint. Writers have words.”

— Lisa Fantino