Art Quote by Chuck Close

You don't talk about paintings, you look at them.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

— Agnes Martin

I don't consider myself a painter. I think of myself more as an artist who uses paintings rather than simply makes them. Especially with…

— Landon Metz

I think that people tend to look at the paintings as being resolved or finite. But, to me, a painting can be an index…

— Sarah Morris

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.

— Jasper Johns

People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach a painting…

— Charles de Lint

I was a student, and as such you generally rely on prior models of how to make art, but these were not satisfying. Then…

— Gerhard Richter

The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish between them,…

— John F. Carlson

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking…

— Mordicai Gerstein

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.

— Barnett Newman

Paintings don't just happen. I am not a proponent of the idea of an artist as someone who kind of magically makes things and…

— Kerry James Marshall

My paintings don't simply represent what I see; they present viewers with what I want them to see.

— Ken Danby