Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives. — Louise Hay
Life in itself is an empty canvas; it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss. This freedom is… — Rajneesh
The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint. Their wings are my protest in favor of the immortality of the soul. — Edward Burne-Jones
I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies. — Lana Del Rey
Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions. — Thomas Couture
Who told you that one paints with colors? One makes use of colors, but one paints with emotions. — Unknown Author
I'm painting an idea not an ideal. Basically I'm trying to paint a structured painting full of controlled, and therefore potent, emotion. — Euan Uglow
I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which will… — George Frederic Watts
I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us… — Morris Graves
I knew that I must paint not what I saw, but only what was in me, in my soul. — Alexej von Jawlensky
Do not draw before you paint, it will restrict your brush. — Toni Onley
You can only learn to paint by drawing, for drawing is a way of reserving a place for color in advance. — Andre Lhote
Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. — Arshile Gorky
When I paint, mysterious things happen. What starts with a void ends with a dialogue. — Jeet Aulakh
I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head. — El Greco
I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight. — Unknown Author
Art is something given, not reproduced... the painter paints what he sees with his innermost senses, the expression of his being... for him every other… — Unknown Author
What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms. — Georg Baselitz
I painted with acrylic paint, and the reason why I went to oil was mainly because I didn't control it. I was looking for the… — Albert Oehlen
I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough, each of these… — Georg Baselitz

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