Painter Quotes

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What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may… — Pablo Picasso
What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is… — Pablo Picasso
Every good painter paints what he is. — Jackson Pollock
Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from… — Jackson Pollock
I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. — Jackson Pollock
New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements... the modern painter cannot express… — Jackson Pollock
It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is… — Mark Rothko
No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only… — John Ruskin
An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by… — John Ruskin
You can't prove Rembrandt is better than Norman Rockwell - although if you actually do prefer Rockwell, I'd say you were shunning complexity, were secretly… — Jerry Saltz
I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this… — Carl Sandburg
I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to do it. — Gus Van Sant
Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and I made films… — Gus Van Sant
The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact… — Jose Saramago
My real background was in art studies. At the beginning I was a painter, then I was this graphic designer, then I became an illustrator,… — Marjane Satrapi
I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a… — Mike Shinoda
Jerry Garcia used to take his paints on the road. I don't do that. Either I'm a singer or a painter. I'm not good at… — Grace Slick
In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter. — Patti Smith
The painter constructs, the photographer discloses. — Susan Sontag
I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret,… — Sylvester Stallone

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