Painter Quotes

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High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in… — John Ruskin
Inarticulate wretches have been behind most of the major advances in civilization. If Vincent Van Gogh had been able to get on with his neighbours,… — Declan Lynch
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below… — Friedrich Schiller
A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave. — Henri Matisse
The good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul. — Leonardo da Vinci
I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer. — Alberto Moravia
The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of art… — George Inness
Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do. — Arthur Boyd
Made up of the glories of the most precious gems, to describe them is a matter of inexpressible difficulty. For there is amongst them the… — Pliny the Elder
A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance. — Cristobal Balenciaga
If you're a painter, paint. But you don't have to put Jesus in every picture. Paint well, and if you paint well enough, they might… — Isaac Slade
What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter and then the painting. — Vincent Van Gogh
I create my subjects somehow visualizing them in my style. I start as a poet, put the colors and composition down on canvas as a… — Fernando Botero
What a business is this of a portrait painter! You bring him a potato and expect he will paint you a peach. — Gilbert Stuart
I don't consider myself to be a painter. I think of myself as someone who has used the medium of painting in an attempt to… — Kenneth Patchen
Theoretical scientists who probe the secrets of the universe and philosophers who seek answers to existence, as well as painters such as Paul Klee who… — Wynn Bullock
As a painter paints pictures on a wall, the intellect goes on creating the world in the heart always. — Brahmananda Saraswati
It is essential not only to the souls of painters and poets, who thrive in solitude, but to the rest of us, too--individuals whose canvas… — Sue Halpern
You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets… — Al Hirschfeld
Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the… — Winston Churchill

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