Painter Quotes

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The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the… — Annie Dillard
Has the painter not always gone to an art school, or at least to an established master, for instruction? And the composer, the sculptor, the… — Paul Engle
At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered… — Brian Eno
A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are… — G. H. Hardy
I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter. — Josh Hartnett
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. — William Hazlitt
Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. — Damien Hirst
Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they? — David Hockney
All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent. — David Hockney
Painters must speak through paint, not through words. — Hans Hofmann
I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record… — Edward Hopper
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan… — Khaled Hosseini
Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the… — Billy Joel
I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a… — Jasper Johns
Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour:… — Paul Klee
The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen. — Paul Klee
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect. — Madeleine L'Engle
I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a… — Jared Leto
I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know? — Roy Lichtenstein
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

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