Paintings Quotes

553 Paintings quotes by 365 unique authors

A thing is not what you say it is or what you photograph it to be or what you paint it to be or what… — Wynn Bullock
All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings.… — John Berger
The upshot was, my paintings must burn that English artists might finally learn. — D. H. Lawrence
If my husband ever met a woman on the street who looked like one of his paintings he would faint. — Unknown Author
That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you see in the… — Swami Vivekananda
As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying… — Boris Pasternak
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the bastards aren't out to get you. ... Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could tell the half.… — Lorenz Hart
Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands of stories in… — David Massengill
I didnâ€™t paint my paintings to hang in some rich guyâ€™s living room, — Ralph Fasanella
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff. — Naomi Watts
Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable. For sketch writers, remember they're called sketches for a reason. They're… — Tina Fey
I have not collected art. Art collected me. I never found paintings. They found me. I have never even owned a work of art. They… — Edward G. Robinson
Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings,… — Ursula Andress
Women have always collected things and saved and recycled them because leftovers yielded nourishment in new forms. The decorative functional objects women made often spoke… — Unknown Author
My paintings are not meant to be tasted. — Max Ernst
My skin is an art gallery right, with paintings and crucifixes hoping to save me from all the dangers in the music business — Unknown Author
Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready made products we must conclude that all the paintings in the world… — Marcel Duchamp
I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite. — Vincent Gallo
I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make… — Christopher Meloni
The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also… — Clive Barker

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