Paintings Quotes

553 Paintings quotes by 365 unique authors

When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the… — Damien Hirst
Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they? — David Hockney
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan… — Khaled Hosseini
I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many. — Robert Indiana
I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a… — Jasper Johns
There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was… — Jasper Johns
I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. — Samuel Johnson
That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness. — Corita Kent
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. — Paul Klee
If I physically made every work myself, I would get only one or two paintings done a year, if that. — Jeff Koons
I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it. — Jaron Lanier
No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely. — Mary Leakey
I love Christmas tree bulbs, and I started putting them in my paintings. You've got to plug this painting in, and it's got a rig… — David Lynch
You get a painting idea, and you go do that. You get a cinema idea, and you go in to do that. The difference is,… — David Lynch
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind. — Agnes Martin
Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I… — Edvard Munch
All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man! — Robert Musil
I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I… — Jack Nicholson
I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart. — Georgia O'Keeffe
Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising. — David Ogilvy
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed… — Camille Paglia
My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout. — Jackson Pollock
My paintings are very strange - large and empty, like walls. Just the opposite of my writing, which is rich and juicy. — Tom Robbins
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of… — David Rockefeller
They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person,… — David Rockefeller

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