Painter Quotes

891 quotes by 561 authors

It therefore should be possible for even the photographer - just as for the creative poet or painter - to use the object as a… — Clarence John Laughlin
I hope to be a producer, a musician, a painter, a photographer - I'm going to push myself to do as many things as I… — Lucas Grabeel
A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. — Oliver Goldsmith
I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The painter sees the semblance of things and repeats it. That is, without fabricating the things himself, he fabricates their semblance; and, if that no… — Gerhard Richter
The Painter must leave the beholder something to guess. — Ernst Gombrich
You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
And so when studying faces, we do indeed measure them, but as painters, not as surveyors. — Marcel Proust
Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality. — John Dewey
Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that… — Paul Gauguin
Painters understand nature and love it, and teach us to see. — Vincent Van Gogh
The body is living art. Your movement through time and space is art. A painter has brushes. You have your body. — Anna Halprin
In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can… — Luis Bunuel
I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when youâ€™re painting. — Lee Krasner
As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty,… — Bridget Riley
If I were a better artist, I'd be a painter, and if I were a better writer, I'd write books.. but I'm not, so I… — Charles M. Schulz
He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter. — William Blake
A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. — Leonardo da Vinci
Whether it's a painter finding his way each morning to the easel, or a medical researcher returning daily to the laboratory, the routine is as… — Twyla Tharp

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