Painter Quotes

891 quotes by 561 authors

As a kid, I was always building things. My father had a shop in the house, and we built things - we were kind of… — David Lynch
I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and… — David Lynch
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give,… — Henri Matisse
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to… — Henri Matisse
The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. — Joyce Maynard
Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think that's… — Helen Mirren
Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes… — Joni Mitchell
The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a… — Moby
I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. — Claude Monet
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. — Claude Monet
It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his… — Henry Moore
A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history… — Grandma Moses
Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes. — Edvard Munch
I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could… — Al Pacino
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.'… — Pablo Picasso
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. — Pablo Picasso
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter? — Pablo Picasso
To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it… — Pablo Picasso
Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting. — Pablo Picasso
They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better. — Pablo Picasso

Who Wrote These Painter Quotes

561 authors contributed a total of 891 Painter Quotes, led by these top contributors: