Artist Quote by Gerald Brommer

Painting pictures in our mind of what we want serves as the foundation for greater living and greater relationships.

— Mary Morrissey

We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are."

— Ansel Adams

Painting is more important than art.

— Wayne Thiebaud

People want Art. And they are given it. But the less Art there is in painting the more painting there is.

— Pablo Picasso

“Art needs motives that are more profound than profit if it is to maintain its difference from—and position above—other cultural forms.”

— Sarah Thornton

Artists have historically understood images better than anyone else. This is what we do.

— Trevor Paglen

Painting is the chance to create a different space, or different way of picturing a literal stream of images.

— Cynthia Daignault

Like any artwork, things become richer if you know more about them; but I don't think that's crucial.

— Glenn Ligon

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It's hard to fathom the psychology of the economics of art. I don't quite understand it, and I don't necessarily want to understand it.

— Philip Taaffe

Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.

— Ken Danby

... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle.…

— Winston Churchill