Art Quote by Honore de Balzac

Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.

— Chai Lu

The hallmark of the artist is simplicity.

— Larry Evans

In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.

— Aristotle

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.

— L. Ron Hubbard

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking…

— Mordicai Gerstein

The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.

— Salvador Dali

Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under…

— Titian

The so-called conscientiousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring.

— Eugene Delacroix

“Being able to draw well’, he goes on, ‘is the hardest thing – far harder than painting, as one can easily see from the…

— Martin Gayford

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

— Peter Doig

I believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential.

— Gerhard Richter

Every good painter paints what he is.

— Jackson Pollock