Painting Quote by Eliot Paulina Sumner

I hate using the word 'dark' for things that are negative.

— Zawe Ashton

Designers like even grayness, which is the worst thing for a reader.

— Erik Spiekermann

Just as an audience member, I've always preferred dark things and very heavy, emotional things.

— India Eisley

Sometimes the darker the work, the more fun you can have.

— Maxine Peake

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things.

— Janeane Garofalo

To end up with a canvas that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with.

— Robert Motherwell

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.

— Alan Ayckbourn

It's as interesting and as difficult to say a thing well as to paint it. There is the art of lines and colours, but…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I like to paint pictures with words, 'cause I can't draw for anything.

— Iman Shumpert

It's not that I want to necessarily avoid my darker moments, but I don't capitalize them and put a crown on them and tote…

— Alex Ebert

It seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values (assuming that the canvas is white), and to continue…

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

I definitely prefer things to be dark, I definitely prefer things to not be particularly obvious. I like a lot of mystery in music,…

— John Congleton