Finished Quote by Howard Hodgkin

Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.

— William Baziotes

A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.

— Rembrandt

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

— Georges Braque

Painting is seen as picture making, the making of an art object, something that can stand on its own.

— Peter Wright

The painting is usually finished before you are.

— Rex Brandt

A great painting is something that you can come back to again and again.

— Bryce Dessner

Painting is the subject of painting.

— Joseph Raffael

And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done

— Pierre Bonnard

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

— Joni Mitchell

Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

— Pierre Bonnard

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

To put it as simply as possible - and this is a simple answer, not a total answer - I know when a painting's…

— James Elkins