Painter Quotes

891 quotes by 561 authors

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But… — David Bailey
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter. — J. G. Ballard
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the… — Balthus
I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always… — Lynda Barry
Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the… — Charles Baudelaire
The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it. — Alton Brown
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an… — Nick Cave
The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable… — Nick Cave
There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other. — Paul Cezanne
A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter. — Paul Cezanne
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings. — Paul Cezanne
With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public. — Paul Cezanne
I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang. — Hugo Chavez
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. — John Ciardi
Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint. — George Clooney
I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the… — Chuck Close
I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the… — Ian Anderson
When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams… — Maya Angelou
Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter. — George Carlin

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