Paint Quotes

1684 Paint quotes by 1040 unique authors

The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance. He must live… — Albert Pinkham Ryder
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier. — Unknown Author
Why talk when you can paint? — Milton Avery
[People] want me to finish things. But I see them in such a way and paint them accordingly. ... Nothing is simpler than to complete… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
When I'm old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and… — Ava Gardner
I find myself moved by man in his new violent environment. I want to paint this explicitly and beautifully. — Jeffrey Smart
I like living in the 20th century... to me the world has never been more beautiful. I am trying to paint the real world I… — Jeffrey Smart
One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own story; to explain… — Hugh Mackay
People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write. — Kurt Vonnegut
We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why?… — Harry Crews
Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. — Ernest Hemingway
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve. — Alexander Pope
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. — Robert Mapplethorpe
Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential superlative curves and… — Ruth Bernhard
A thing is not what you say it is or what you photograph it to be or what you paint it to be or what… — Wynn Bullock
So sweep away the sand an' dry the ocean, an' just pack the moon an' stars up in a cardboard box. And stop the clouds… — Kenny Rogers
When I eat a tomato I look at it the way anyone else would. But when I paint a tomato, then I see it differently. — Henri Matisse
It is, let me say, at the very least by no means self-evident that there is more liberty, equality, and fraternity in the world today… — Immanuel Wallerstein
That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you see in the… — Swami Vivekananda
Think of a fine painter attempting to capture an inner vision, beginning with one corner of the canvas, painting what she thinks should be there,… — Anne Lamott
When we dwell on the past, we tend to want to live there. When we dream of the future, we want to go there. Our… — Erwin McManus
A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
When you sit down to paint or draw, you form yourself into a posture of praise — Robert Genn
I paint my joy and I sing my sorrow. — Joni Mitchell
Unlike some of my peers, I haven't really hit a writer's block. When I hit a block I just paint, which is an old crop… — Joni Mitchell

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