Difficult Quote by Edgar Degas

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

— Edgar Degas

The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have…

— John Hurt

Learning the art of painting is not an easy task. It takes a great deal of intelligence, keen analysis, study and practice.

— Edgar Alwin Payne

There is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most people take less trouble about learning.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been.

— Robert Henri

I want painting to be difficult to do.

— Richard Diebenkorn

If painting weren't so difficult, it wouldn't be fun.

— Edgar Degas

Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.

— Chai Lu

The most difficult object in painting is yourself because you're always at issue

— Romare Bearden

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

— Paul Cezanne

Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful.

— Sidney Nolan

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly.

— George Grosz