Arrogance Quote by Gerhard Richter

I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.

— Laura Owens

Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to…

— Simon Schama

My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

— Doris McCarthy

My paintings are rubbish.

— David Bailey

I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that…

— Agnes Martin

The one thing I learned is not to say anything about my own paintings. Keep my mouth shut. You'll never stop hearing what you…

— Frank Stella

People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves…

— Bill Watterson

I've spent so long on some paintings that I no longer know what to think of them, and I am definitely getting harder to…

— Claude Monet

My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few…

— Frida Kahlo

What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.

— Audrey Flack

My paintings are very strange - large and empty, like walls. Just the opposite of my writing, which is rich and juicy.

— Tom Robbins

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

— Agnes Martin