Painters Quotes

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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the… — Balthus
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an… — Nick Cave
A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter. — Paul Cezanne
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. — John Ciardi
I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the… — Chuck Close
When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams… — Maya Angelou
The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work. — Mark Twain
Painters and poets have liberty to lie. — Robert Burns
Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn… — Horace
I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most painters deny. The great masters… — Piet Mondrian
There have been many poets who have lived at the fifth center of creativity and never gone ahead - many painters, many dancers, many singers… — Rajneesh
Whether you create, or you observe an objective piece of creativity, meditation should be the key. Without it, mind can only spread on the canvas… — Rajneesh
I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough, each of these… — Georg Baselitz
I see the President almost every day. I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln's dark brown face with its deep-cut lines, the eyes always to me… — Walt Whitman
People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still… — Cindy Sherman
"Though many painters and sculptors talk glibly of "going in for photography," you will find that very few of them can ever make a picture… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do not call yourself an "artist-photographer" and make "artist-painters" and "artist-sculptors" laugh; call yourself a photographer and wait for artists to call you brother." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whilst the last members were signing it Doctr. Franklin looking towards the Presidents chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be… — James Madison

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