Artist Quote by Derek Walcott

Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with…

— Charles Tomlinson

Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog,…

— Paul Gauguin

While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on…

— John Dyer

Although most of us know Vincent van Gogh in Arles and Paul Gauguin in Tahiti as if they were neighbors -- somewhat disreputable but…

— James A. Michener

Painters used red like spice

— Derek Jarman

“Seeing how prominently Edmond had displayed the masterpiece, Langdon wondered if perhaps the painting itself might hold some clue as to what Edmond had…

— Dan Brown

As an artist, I identify with Sandro Botticelli. We know him as the man who painted Primavera and The Birth Of Venus. The goddesses…

— Mary Pope Osborne

When I think of Venice Beach, my father's painting is what comes to mind.

— Ron Mael

Growing up in Northern Ontario provided me with a strong affinity for the natural environment that was so eloquently responded to by Tom Thomson…

— Ken Danby

Decade after decade, artists came to paint the light of Provincetown, and comparisons were made to the lagoons of Venice and the marshes of…

— Norman Mailer

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?

— Henri Matisse

“They spent the day with Lucia, who promised that the following day she would take them up to Scala, an even tinier, loftier town…

— Susan Wiggs