Also Quote by Caspar David Friedrich

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing…

— Caspar David Friedrich

The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.

— Paul Klee

The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within…

— Caspar David Friedrich

If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.

— Caspar David Friedrich

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

— Lucian Freud

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

— Max Ernst

The mind of a painter should be like a mirror which is filled with as many images as there are things placed before him.

— Leonardo da Vinci

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

— Paul Cezanne

“The painter is not simply someone who looks and who sees. Above all, the artist is someone who exposes a personal vision by rendering…

— Marcel Paquet

The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by…

— Leonardo da Vinci