Artist Quote by Damien Hirst

I think when somebody's painting they don't necessarily... I'm not illustrating what I know. I'm mapping out, like topographically, some terrain I am satisfied…

— Julian Schnabel

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

— Howard Hodgkin

If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that's all.

— James Rosenquist

The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm…

— Danny Fox

Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors over there.…

— Robert Henri

Sometimes the painting starts to relate very directly to either sights seen or experiences felt, other times it just goes off on a tangent…

— Susan Rothenberg

I couldn’t get near what I wanted through seeing, recognizing and recreating, so I stood the problem on its head. I started studying squares,…

— Bridget Riley

Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or…

— Omar Epps

When I start to paint, it is real agony. I get nervous. The day before, I am already working up to it. Then I…

— Luc Tuymans

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

My paintings always feature trails that dissolve into mysterious areas, patches of light that lead the eye around corners, pathways, open gates, etc.

— Thomas Kinkade

Painting is a matter of finding the right balance between consoling and reassuring the eye and challenging and disturbing the eye.

— Paul Kane