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I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember… — William S. Burroughs
A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress. — Lord Byron
It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting. — Albert Camus
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn… — Truman Capote
I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That… — John le Carre
Paintings are like a beer, only beer tastes good and it's hard to stop drinking beer. — Billy Carter
Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in… — Jimmy Carter
I've just finished my 20th book this past year and I'm working on my 21st book about the Middle East right now that I'll finish… — Jimmy Carter
My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my… — Jimmy Carter
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes,… — Paul Cezanne
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations. — Paul Cezanne
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. — Paul Cezanne
Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't. — Paul Cezanne
I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting. — Paul Cezanne
I have sworn to die painting. — Paul Cezanne
I want to die painting. — Paul Cezanne
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings. — Paul Cezanne
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or… — Marc Chagall
My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She'd buy art supplies and all… — Cher
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to… — Winston Churchill
I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful. — Madonna Ciccone
All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid. — Chuck Close
I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people… — Chuck Close
Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how… — Chuck Close
I'd like to think, that were he alive today, Warhol would be painting the Housewives. — Andy Cohen

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