Accidents Quote by Francis Bacon

Painting demands an intelligent model.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects…

— Paul Cezanne

The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In painting, you don't have to go through a process of opinion; it speaks directly, and either it works, or it doesn't.

— Derek Walcott

The truth is that painting is all about scale; you use scale to create experience. A lot of artists have lost that ability. They…

— Eric Fischl

I firmly believe that a representational painting is only as strong as its abstract components.

— Robert Reynolds

You can stick with a few clear-cut values, which are stronger than a multitude of values and will obviously yield a stronger painting. But…

— Richard Schmid

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

— Gustave Courbet

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to…

— Joshua L. Goldberg

Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things.

— Gustave Courbet

The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole,…

— Camille Pissarro

All my paintings are usually done in drawing form, very small. I make notations in drawings first, and then I make a collage for…

— Ellsworth Kelly