Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

I love audio books, and when I paint I'm always listening to a book. I find that my imagination really takes flight in the painting… — Thomas Kinkade
My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it. — Romare Bearden
When you paint late at night, drinking beer or wine or both, you gotta be very careful to watch what you are doing... — Hiroko Sakai
Every play I do, every book I write, every painting I paint, I will struggle with. I don't know what it's like for a project… — Antony Sher
The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead. — Criss Jami
A man cannot paint portraits till he has seen faces. — Christian Nestell Bovee
If women were by nature what they make themselves by art; if they were to lose suddenly all the freshness of their complexion, and their… — Jean de la Bruyere
Appeles us'd to paint a good housewife upon a snayl; which intimated that she should be as slow from gadding abroad, and when she went… — James Howell
Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your… — Jodie Foster
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and… — Robert Fulghum
I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my work I have eliminated… — Alberto Giacometti
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. — Vincent Van Gogh
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. — Vincent Van Gogh
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars. — Vincent Van Gogh
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those… — Oliver Goldsmith
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness,… — Graham Greene
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. — Salvador Dali
I used to skip school and paint my face with Ace Frehley Kiss make-up. — Dimebag Darrell
What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody… — Mos Def
The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the… — Annie Dillard
I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work. — John Dyer
I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs,… — Bob Dylan
You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a… — Erik Erikson
Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to… — Bobby Flay
I look at people like Picasso and Da Vinci and Escher and Miles Davis, and they'll write or paint that one definitive masterpiece of maybe… — Lupe Fiasco

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