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I like to paint paintings that I haven't seen. — Mati Klarwein
I did some pastels and I did other pieces in which there was just basically one color per square, and then they would get bigger… — Chuck Close
My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy, — H R Giger
When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a… — Ronnie Wood
Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that. — Victoria Wood
I don’t like to talk about what my paintings mean since they are so personal, so I like to leave it up to the viewer’s… — Lori Earley
Each of us is a small part of God's plan. I'm a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God. — Thomas Kinkade
My paintings always feature trails that dissolve into mysterious areas, patches of light that lead the eye around corners, pathways, open gates, etc. — Thomas Kinkade
I am a simple man and I use simple materials: Ivory Black, Vermilion, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre, Flake White and no medium. That’s all I’ve… — L. S. Lowry
The paintings by dead men who were poor most of their lives are the most valuable pieces in my collection. And if an artist wants… — Kurt Vonnegut
I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other… — Clive Barker
When you're working on a film, it's almost like photographing paintings at a museum. You're photographing somebody else's world. I just try and interpret it… — Mary Ellen Mark
Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even… — Roy Lichtenstein
It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in… — LeRoy Neiman
My lovely wife Janet has been in a few paintings. She is basically a reserved woman who has never sought the limelight. She has always… — LeRoy Neiman
Working on 'Raising Hope' is a very hurry-up-and-wait activity, and I just always liked the idea of being as productive as I can be. I… — Lucas Neff
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to… — Chris Ofili
When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be… — Chris Ofili
I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just… — Albert Oehlen
If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good, but… — Albert Oehlen
When you're on a highway, viewing the western U.S. with the mountains and the flatness and the desert and all that, it's very much like… — Edward Ruscha
I have friends come over and we read plays out loud and I make paintings and I just do things all the time just so… — Nikki Reed
By means of the iconic, artists express their view of reality and show their understanding of the structure of reality. They see what they know… — Hans Rookmaaker
Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you… — Criss Jami
People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then… — Julie Mehretu

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