Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

I was the first woman to paint cleanly, and that was the basis of my success. From a hundred pictures, mine will always stand out.… — Tamara de Lempicka
When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive. — Unknown Author
What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work,… — Gene Stratton-Porter
As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who… — Diego Rivera
I could see no reason why used tram tickets, bits of driftwood, buttons and old junk from attics and rubbish heaps should not serve well… — Kurt Schwitters
It depends on where you put the paint, not how much you splash on. — Julian Eltinge
But ‘art’ is not anything serious or exclusive: it is the smell of oil paint, Henri Murger’s Vie de Boheme, corduroy trousers, the operatic Italian… — Wyndham Lewis
When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images… — Reed Hundt
When we're in a human body, we don't care about universal collapse - instead, we care only about a meeting of the eyes, a glimpse… — David Eagleman
Painting is the act of discovery and you're constantly enlarging your horizon or finding yourself every time you paint. — Romare Bearden
It's funny that all these goths paint their faces with such white make-up and that is the actual colour of my skin, I am that… — Kelly Osbourne
The artist is a vessel for creativity. He has the key to the door of a very special place, which he can open at will.… — Unknown Author
With color, for the price of a pot of paint, people can express their own style and individuality. But, as with style, a gift for… — Shirley Conran
I remember how my Great Uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a toy boat out… — Jack Handey
If I can't serve on grass, I can maybe help cut the grass, paint the lines and serve some strawberries. — Goran Ivanisevic
Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features — Joseph Joubert
Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow.It could be… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
You can never judge a paint hue by the liquid color in the paint pot. You must apply it to a wall, wait for the… — Dorothy Draper
You know how to paint a room real fast? Just put paint rollers on your feet and then somehow figure out how to skate up… — Jack Handey
I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint. — Elsie de Wolfe
As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday. — Ashley Jensen
What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about. — Audrey Flack
The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world. — Andre Malraux
Art isn't just paint and music, art is breaking glass and the sounds we make without realizing. — Joey Comeau
Ever notice that nothing changes the color of paint like putting it on a wall? — Sam Ewing

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