Diploma Quote by David Hockney

If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.

— Salvador Dali

I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot.

— Cleo Moore

There's no diploma in the world that declares you as an artist—it's not like becoming a doctor. You can declare yourself an artist and…

— Kara Walker

“Will you teach me how to paint?” “Just paint.” “I’m not any good.” “Do it for therapy. You can go to art school later.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me.

— Andy Warhol

“What good is it being a painter if you can't paint yourself?”

— Gregory Maguire

“If you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.”

— Salvador Dalí

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting. I hope to show that ours is…

— John Constable

Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'

— Peter Malkin

Every teacher before they draw on the board: 'Im not an artist.'

— Anonymous

The artist must paint as he would speak. I don’t want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand.

— David Alfaro Siqueiros

The question of painting is bound up with epistemology, with the engagement of the viewer, with what the viewer may learn.

— Guido Molinari