Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

I am a commercial artist because I paint to earn a living. We who earn money from what we produce are all commercial artists. — Jack White
I do not like to be a prophet. I like better to paint than to predict what the next painters will do. Though I have… — Josef Albers
Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint. — Charles Webster Hawthorne
Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself. — Charles Webster Hawthorne
If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally. — Raphael Soyer
Before this I tended to paint figures and put them in an environment. Now I paint an environment to put figures in. It's a subtle… — John Newman
No one can ever take my job away from me. I can always draw as long as I have a piece of paper and a… — John Newman
Once I started working, it became better and better. I really felt that I was back into the work. I was glad I was alive.… — John Newman
The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or the latter with… — Walter J. Phillips
Is the artist impelled by spiritual forces, by the divine afflatus, by conscious or unconscious emulation of others? Do angles whisper in the ears of… — Walter J. Phillips
When technique is obtrusive it becomes mere mannerism, a conscious striving for effect. It is only a means to an end - the manner of… — Walter J. Phillips
Art doesn't begin with a brush and a palette, but with the artist's ability to perceive life. You have to learn how to live before… — Dean Mitchell
The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person. — Eric Maisel
In collage you're doing it in stages so you're not actually doing it right there. You first of all draw it on the paper, then… — Paula Rego
A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily in any 'story'… — John F. Carlson
If you're going to paint from photos, make sure you've painted for at least ten years. — John F. Carlson
You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living things.… — John F. Carlson
Clouds are fascinating to paint because they are the only element in a landscape that possesses free movement. — John F. Carlson
I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels. — Francesco Clemente
If Saddam Hussein committed crimes such as political oppression against the Iraqi people, it should be resolved legally in a fair and just manner which… — Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Being an artist and being a teacher are two conflicting things. When I paint, my work manifests the unexpected... In teaching it's just the opposite.… — Pierre Alechinsky
People think you can get out your canvas and paint any time you have a free moment. You can't. Commercial art and painting are entirely… — Pierre Alechinsky
Live to paint, don't paint to live. — Walter Darby Bannard
The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry,… — Robert Genn
My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh; my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come… — Robert Genn

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