Painter Quotes

891 quotes by 561 authors

If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to… — Wyndham Lewis
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. — Horace
They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else,… — Oscar Wilde
A photographer's art is more in his perceptions than his execution. In a painter, I think the perception is only the first step, and then… — Jay Maisel
It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and focused on what pictures and words look like and what they can mean. — Barbara Kruger
I was supporting myself, but nothing like the guy painters, as I refer to them. I always resented that actually.. we were all getting the… — Cindy Sherman
I'm a painter. I'm still a painter and I will die a painter. Everything that I have developed has to do with extending visual principles… — Carolee Schneemann
I wanted to be a visual artist because I grew up around a lot of painters and photographers and had a very artistic upbringing. And… — Jared Leto
Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are on our side!… — Howard Zinn
The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him. — Max Ernst
Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do? — Eva Marie Saint
A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence. — Keith Richards
I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make… — Christopher Meloni
It's not something you can find. There's a moment you arrive at --- there's no words for it. A bunch of people come together at… — Slash
If I were a painter, I would paint beautiful bodies - I would paint nipples, and I would paint Bibles. Am I going to say,… — will.i.am
I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the… — Martin Mull
I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either. — Donald O'Connor
I'm often asked by younger filmmakers, 'Why do I need to look at old movies?' I've made a number of pictures in the last 20… — Martin Scorsese
I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot. — Cleo Moore
There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time.… — Joe Louis

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