Inspiration Quote by Damion Searls

I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts,…

— J. G. Ballard

Monet's work would have been even greater if he had not abandoned figure-painting.

— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The activity of painting: A thrilling tussle between the artist's materials and his inspiration.

— Mervyn Levy

“There have been, of course, many other insatiable polymaths, and even the Renaissance produced other Renaissance Men. But none painted the Mona Lisa, much…

— Walter Isaacson

Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.

— Richard Armitage

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a…

— Edward Hopper

Why was the painting made? What ideas of the artist can we sense? Can the personality and sensitivity of the artist be felt when…

— Gerald Brommer

As for borrowing Mr. Whistler's ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to his own…

— Oscar Wilde

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Did you know that da Vinci was a painter, polymath, engineer, architect, biologist, and writer all rolled into one? He drew sketches of helicopters…

— Pranav Mistry