Artist Quote by Emily Carr

The process of painting offers an infinite array of possibilities. The closer in unification to just one of those, the better the painting becomes.

— David Luiz

Making something good and saying something brilliant are not two things. When you make your own statement, there is a higher energy level, and…

— Roy Lichtenstein

Collect impressions. Don't be in a hurry to write them down. Because that's something music can do better than painting: it can centralise variations…

— Claude Debussy

I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help…

— Peter Doig

“Artist communities love to bullshit each other and glad-hand one another, and there's no room for the crippling honesty of comedy. "I'm a painter"…

— Doug Stanhope

I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting.

— Anthony Quinn

I think every painting should be the same size and the same color so they're all interchangeable and nobody thinks they have a better…

— Andy Warhol

We study health, and we deliberate upon our meats and drink and air and exercises, and we hew and we polish every stone that…

— John Donne

If you can't see the bright side, why ya just need to polish the dull one.

— Shelley Shepard Gray

The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're…

— Ian MacKaye

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your…

— Octavia Butler

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

— Phil Collins