Cases Quote by Harold Town

Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least…

— Susan Minot

Artists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others.

— John Kurtz

A conscious decision to eliminate certain details and include selective bits of personal experiences or perceptual nuances, gives the painting more of a multi-dimension…

— Wayne Thiebaud

I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of…

— William Scott

What has reasoning to do with painting?

— William Blake

I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.

— Max Beckmann

Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.

— Pierre Soulages

Every painting has a weakness and a breaking point, where the essence of a painting lies. In my case it is never in the…

— Luc Tuymans

Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this.

— Roy Lichtenstein

Modern pictures banish depiction for interfering with the workings of paint.

— Mason Cooley

Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me.

— Jasper Johns

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through…

— Paul McCartney