Breeze Quote by John Constable

The substance of painting is light.

— Andre Derain

Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.

— William Blake

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“A painter is someone who wipes the windowpane between the world and us with light, with a rag made of light, soaked in silence.”

— Christian Bobin

My canvas soothes me into forgetfulness of the scene of turmoil and folly - and worse - of the scene around me. Every gleam…

— John Constable

The real subject of every painting is light.

— Claude Monet

“Embracing our challenges and shortcomings illuminates the vivid pigments of our unique watercolor of life. With each stroke of difficulty and dribbles of weakness,…

— Tina Leigh

“Even within the dark paint on a canvas, and the shadows in a photograph, there is light.”

— Melissa Bond

Even with painting, even abstract paintings, you need the incoming of, light on the canvas.

— Jean-Luc Godard

The quality of a painter depends on the amount of past he carries with him.

— Pablo Picasso

Photography is painting with light

— Miroslav Tichy

I want to paint a canvasthat will be nothing but harmonious tone.

— Carl Schmitt