Artist Quote by George Carlin

In painting, you have to destroy in order to gain... you have got to sacrifice something you are quite pleased with in order to…

— Graham Sutherland

A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.

— Damien Hirst

Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture.

— Wassily Kandinsky

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Whatever is valuable in painting is precisely what one is incapable of talking about.

— Georges Braque

Painting is a faith and that it brings with it the duty to pay no heed to public opinion - and that in it…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Painting is something that cannot be destroyed, it must destroy itself to reinvent itself.

— Jean Fautrier

Those who are not conversant in works of art are often surprised at the high value set by connoisseurs on drawings which appear careless,…

— Joshua Reynolds

Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to a souvenir…

— Robert Rauschenberg

The point of painting is not really deception or imitation.

— A. S. Byatt

What has reasoning to do with painting?

— William Blake

Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.

— Adam Davidson