Activity Quote by Howard Hodgkin

I dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously.

— Howard Hodgkin

I never want to paint anything just to make a pretty picture. The only reason I do this is because it's an outlet, it's…

— Jason Shawn Alexander

I could take a photo, but I'd rather paint a picture.

— Mac Miller

Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind.

— Theodore Robinson

If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and…

— Edvard Munch

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

— Francesco Clemente

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just…

— Robert Rauschenberg

I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.

— Donald O'Connor

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting.

— Jackson Pollock

I'm a terrible photographer.I'm not being modest. My photos really are crap. But in a way, the more the photo is crap, the better…

— Chantal Joffe

If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.

— Salvador Dali

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

— Chuck Close