Paint Quote by Chuck Close

I paint when I cannot photograph.

— Man Ray

I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in…

— Man Ray

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

— Francesco Clemente

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

— Man Ray

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

— Man Ray

I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph

— Man Ray

I never want to paint anything just to make a pretty picture. The only reason I do this is because it's an outlet, it's…

— Jason Shawn Alexander

I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.

— Donald O'Connor

If you're going to paint from photos, make sure you've painted for at least ten years.

— John F. Carlson

My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

— Wayne Thiebaud

I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.

— Norman Rockwell

I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.

— Jackson Pollock