Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

The man who can see all gray, and red, and purples in a peach, will paint the peach rightly round, and rightly altogether. But the… — John Ruskin
It is the work of the Canadian artist to paint or play or write in such a way that life will be enlarged for himself… — Unknown Author
I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint. — Frida Kahlo
The artist must paint as he would speak. I don’t want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand. — David Alfaro Siqueiros
I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most… — Claude Monet
Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly. — Claude Monet
When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway. — Winslow Homer
The university should color itself black and color itself mulatto—not just as regards students but also professors Today the people stand at the door of… — Che Guevara
I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above… — Gustav Klimt
There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening -… — Gustav Klimt
Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas upon which the women… — Rudolph Valentino
Every so often every artist feels, 'I'll never paint again. The muse has gone out the window.' In 1985, I hardly painted at all for… — Helen Frankenthaler
We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms… — Helen Frankenthaler
I don't resent being a female painter. I don't exploit it. I paint. — Helen Frankenthaler
I want to paint a canvasthat will be nothing but harmonious tone. — Carl Schmitt
Part of what Im about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way. — Alex Katz
Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity. — Orhan Pamuk
If I'm interrupted, it's just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because it's easy to get back where I was: that is, the paint… — Buffy Sainte-Marie
I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running. — Larry Wall
I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for… — Cecil Rhodes
People who want to know how stocks fared on any given day ask, "Where did the Dow close?" I'm more interested in how many stocks… — Peter Lynch
Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that. — Wayne Thiebaud
The lion is not so fierce as they paint him. — George Herbert
The art I like concentrates on the body. I don't have a feel for Poussin, but for Courbet, Velásquez - artists who get to the… — Jenny Saville
Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a… — Lillian Hellman

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