Paintings Quotes

553 Paintings quotes by 365 unique authors

I continue to make paintings of people and their moments in our time because I am of that time. Out of that I hope to… — Burton Silverman
I work day and night without sleep. The paintings keep me fired up. — Jules Olitski
My Paintings are Battles. — Georg Baselitz
In Germany, we often hear the absurd complaint that museums don't have the money to buy paintings. Of course, I'm not talking about me and… — Georg Baselitz
The only thing I can say is consistent in all my paintings is vivid color. — Paul Stanley
If I had to spend equal time doing paintings, and equal time going to galleries and doing art business, and equal time making music, and… — Debbie Harry
When I was in the NFL, whenever I got cut from a team I would do paintings of the players, they would pay me $4,000… — Terry Crews
A well-designed home has to be very comfortable. I can't stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I can't live that way. My home has to… — Frank Gehry
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. — Vincent Van Gogh
I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings… — Vincent Van Gogh
I like the transience of Klimt paintings. — Steve Coogan
I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what… — Chris Cornell
Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes… — Joan Didion
I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs,… — Bob Dylan
At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered… — Brian Eno
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

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