Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. — Frida Kahlo
I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material… — Paul Kane
When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination. — Ellen Key
The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen. — Paul Klee
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I… — Ed Koch
I like men who paint or write or do something creative. — Olga Kurylenko
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have… — Fran Lebowitz
I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes. — Abbey Lincoln
The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want. — George Lucas
I love paint. I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil… — David Lynch
A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I can't really listen… — David Lynch
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. — Abraham Maslow
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. — Henri Matisse
I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me. — Henri Matisse
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to… — Henri Matisse
It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. — Henri Matisse
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. — Michelangelo
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint. — Michelangelo
I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep. — Joni Mitchell
Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes… — Joni Mitchell
Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man… — Marilyn Monroe
To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films. — Alan Moore
Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even know that she's a princess until the very end of… — Mandy Moore
At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. — Toni Morrison
When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas. — Viggo Mortensen

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