Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

The space between the dish and the pitcher, that I paint also. — Georges Braque
The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They are touches of… — John Ruskin
The reproach that superficial people formulate against Manet, that whereas once he painted ugliness, now he paints vulgarity, falls harmlessly to the ground, when we… — Stephane Mallarme
Paintings are painted with paint, not with ideas. — Stephane Mallarme
Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form. — Howard Pyle
Paint ideas, paint thought. — Howard Pyle
I do not know myself how I paint it. I sit down with a white board before the spot that strikes me. I look at… — Vincent Van Gogh
I want to paint men and women with that something of the external which the halo used to symbolize, and which we now seek to… — Vincent Van Gogh
Seeing that I am so busily occupied with myself just now, I want to try to paint my self-portrait in writing. — Vincent Van Gogh
It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own... — Paul Gauguin
It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue. — Paul Gauguin
Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one… — Claude Monet
Manet wanted one day to paint my wife and children. Renoir was there. He took a canvas and began painting them, too. After a while,… — Claude Monet
I'm in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint. — Claude Monet
I never draw except with brush and paint... — Claude Monet
I'm not lacking for enthusiasm as you can see, given that I have something like 65 canvases covered with paint and I'll be needing more… — Claude Monet
When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as… — Claude Monet
Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object… — Claude Monet
I was always aware, reading Chesterton, that there was someone writing this who rejoiced in words, who deployed them on the page as an artist… — Neil Gaiman
If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it. — Salvador Dali
Paint something every day. — David Hockney
If you go too far with naturalism, there is no need to even organize; just look... and paint what you see until the canvas ends. — David Hockney
I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people… — Grandma Moses
Paint with whatever material you please - with pipes, postage stamps, postcards or playing cards, painted paper, or newspapers. — Guillaume Apollinaire
When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the… — Dogen

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