Abstraction Quote by Gerhard Richter

When a painter thinks to disengage from the world outside himself and fantasies unprecedented forms he thinks he will make a painting, he finds…

— Pierre Alechinsky

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

— Man Ray

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

— Ali Banisadr

If you follow the process of a thought - any thought, not just about art - the thought changes. It has to do with…

— Ross Bleckner

I never think about actual things when I'm painting. I'm not thinking, "I'm going to put a person here, a tree here and a…

— Ali Banisadr

When one is painting one does not think.

— Raphael

I think there has to be an interesting transformative process between your perception of reality and making the paintings. If you are just trying…

— Susan Rothenberg

I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious.

— Julian Schnabel

Painting is another form of thinking.

— Gerhard Richter

Photography is the very conscience of painting. It constantly reminds the later of what it must not do.

— Brassai

Painting is the intermediate between a thought and a thing.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A painting is not thought out in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s thoughts change. And when it’s finished, it…

— Pablo Picasso