Doe Quote by Franz Kline

Painting is profoundly emotional. When I finish a painting, I'm usually extremely sad.

— Sean Scully

Whenever I really want to, I can paint. It kinda just goes by my emotions and feelings at the time.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

I'm painting an idea not an ideal. Basically I'm trying to paint a structured painting full of controlled, and therefore potent, emotion.

— Euan Uglow

Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.

— Ali Banisadr

I paint not the things I see but the feelings they arouse in me.

— Franz Kline

It's hard to explain your emotions when you see a work of art.

— Eli Broad

I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.

— Salvador Dali

If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and…

— Edvard Munch

Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You're painting pictures of emotions.

— Wale

Never try to do anything artistic when you're feeling something overwhelming. It's like driving a car: If you're experiencing road rage, pull over.

— Stephin Merritt

It is now an accepted fact that the expression of emotion through painting... is a source of deep psychological satisfaction... It is a system…

— Mervyn Levy

I have no way of knowing what you are going to feel when you look at one of my paintings; I only know what…

— Danny Fox