Painting Quote by Jocelyn Najera Download Open image “Thy head is a portrait thy just have to paint it until thy run out of paper” — Jocelyn Najera ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Painting Wisdom
When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness. — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject,rather does the subject grow to look like his portrait. — Ceejay Copy Share Image
When I make a portrait,I cannot limit it tothe lines of the head, for that head belongs toa body, it exists ina setting which… — Medardo Rosso Copy Share Image
Painting someone's portrait is, of course, an impossible task. What an absurd idea to try and distil a human being, the most complex organism… — David Cobley Copy Share Image
I believe I have had the most trouble with a portrait which I painted in installments - the head on one canvas and the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible. — Otto Dix Copy Share Image
Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
No good to paint in the head - what happens is what happens when you put the paint down - you can only hope that you are alert - ready - to see. What joy it is for paint to become a thing - a being. Believe in this miracle - it is your only hope. To will this transformation… — Philip Guston Copy Share
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi, most of them no bigger than a tea tray. Their thin browns, ashy grays, and muted blues made people speak softly to one another, as if a shouted word might curdle one of the paintings and… — Steve Martin Copy Share
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts. — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
I had an idea for a technologically advanced luxury watch. I got involved in digital art and neon painting and put on shows of… — Giorgio Moroder Copy Share Image
I think I'm a guy who can get into the paint, make plays and obviously distribute and make plays for other guys, too. — Kevin Huerter Copy Share Image
“Love them all," said Renoir. "That is the secret, young man. Love them all." The painter let go of his arm and shrugged. "Then,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. — William Blake Copy Share Image
“He unfixes the metal notch and slips his hand around the body of the bird. Feels its heat, its small heart beating. He stares at the bird's bright orange eyes. Like the color of the bird's wings in the painting. Or the small touch of lichen on the rock by the Japanese woman's foot. Natalia did not truly see the… — Nina Schuyler Copy Share
I love painting. I love writing. I love creating and being around people who are creating. — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
“Your soul is your paintbrush, your world is your canvass, your life is your masterpiece.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
There's nothing more special than intellect and labour that makes painting work. There's no magic there; it's information, and it's work. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
