Breathe Quote by Charlotte Rampling

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one…

— Pierre Bonnard

The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.

— Stephen Gardiner

I paint life as I would like it to be,

— Norman Rockwell

Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

— Pierre Bonnard

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

— Pablo Picasso

I think that painting relates very neatly to inner travel and the exploration of inner worlds. With painting, I always get the impression that…

— Joe Bradley

One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The…

— Edward Hopper

I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the…

— Morris Graves

I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

— Willem de Kooning

Painting allows us to live in a more interesting way than we live our everyday lives.

— Pierre Soulages

Painting is at once a form of meditation and an utter, complete personal engagement with life.

— Steven Whitney

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

— Caspar David Friedrich