Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting. — Philip Guston
Sometimes I scrape off a lot. You have on the floor, like cow dung in the field, this big glob of paint... and it's just… — Philip Guston
Usually I draw in relation to my painting, what I am working on at the time. On a lucky day a surprising balance of forms… — Philip Guston
There comes a point when the paint doesn't feel like paint. I don't know why. Some mysterious thing happens. I think you have all experienced… — Philip Guston
I have a studio in the country - in the woods - but my paintings look more real to me than what is outdoors. You… — Philip Guston
Lots of artists who paint have the experience to one degree or another... where their thinking doesn't precede their doing... It's a funny thing, what… — Philip Guston
I will paint for money any time. — Winslow Homer
The only people I have ever seen paint successfully, consistently, with great authority, unselfconsciously and without fear of failing were about four years old. — Brian Johnson
My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing I can fix… — Brian Johnson
It does take a long time and a lot of paint to become our own artist. — Kate Jackson
One could go on for ever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the woman or the square, hard-edge… — Lee Krasner
emotion that I experienced on first seeing the fresh paint come out of the tube... the impression of colours strewn over the palette: of colours… — Wassily Kandinsky
When I was thirteen or fourteen I bought a paintbox with oil paints from money slowly saved up. The feeling I had at the time… — Wassily Kandinsky
The word compositon moved me spiritually and I made it my aim in life to paint a composition. It affected me like a prayer and… — Wassily Kandinsky
When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But those… — Aristide Maillol
My son's a painter. All through school his teachers tell him he's a genius. I tell him to paint me an apple that looks like… — Charles Mingus
Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or… — LeRoy Neiman
When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look when… — LeRoy Neiman
With a brush you have control. The paint goes on the brush and you make the mark. From experience you know exactly what will happen.… — Gerhard Richter
The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself… — Mark Rothko
Throw away those little pieces of paper. Get yourself a big, beautiful canvas. Bring from this nature the most beautiful colors. Find the serene scene… — Prem Rawat
I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have been very proud… — Robert Rauschenberg
The true professional makes art when he is not feeling good, if the studio is too cold or too warm or the walls are falling… — Jack White
I always get into arguments with people who want to retain the old values in painting - the humanistic values that they... find on the… — Frank Stella
It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can be… — Giorgio Vasari

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