Ability Quote by Charles de Lint

Whereas certain people start with a recollection or an experience and paint that experience, to some of us the act of doing is the…

— William Baziotes

Not everything in life can or should be explained. Part of every painting should be incomplete...to be completed in the mind of the viewer.

— Russell Chatham

I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some…

— Chuck Close

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people

— Edgar Degas

What I think confuses things is when people approach painting as an inherently expressive or personal medium. We still tend to have this expectation…

— Landon Metz

In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole.

— Ken Danby

“the first things to consider when viewing a painting are the title and subject matter.”

— Kathryn Shay

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…

— Lori Earley

When art works travel from place to place, what you have is the opportunity to engage with the intellect of another person who has…

— Kerry James Marshall

Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think…

— Helen Mirren

Why write [about my art]? Why not just show the photographs?

— Constantin Brancusi

When a piece of art gets really specific is usually when anybody can relate to it.

— Jonathan Groff