Finished Quote by Howard Hodgkin

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

— William Baziotes

“(How do you know a piece is finished?:) It's never finished. The subject is never exhausted. -Louise Bourgeois”

— Jan Greenberg

The subject comes first, the medium second.

— Richard Prince

The illustrator is essentially a reporter: his subjects come from the outside, lit by a flash. A subject comes to the classical artist from…

— Kenneth Clark

“Finally, when someone asked [Pollack] how he knew when a painting was finished, he replied, “How do you know when you’ve finished making love?”

— Ross Wetzsteon

I consider my painting finished when my eyes goes to a particular spot on the canvas. But if I put the picture away about…

— William Baziotes

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.

— Jasper Johns

When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that…

— Jackson Pollock

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give…

— Jackson Pollock

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

“A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places.”

— Paul Gardner

When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you…

— Henri Matisse