Honestly Quote by John French Sloan

You need to paint with enough assurance and confidence to know you can do whatever you like.

— Sara Genn

Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but…

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

You can't just stick with one thing. You have to let your natural style come through, and paint what you naturally like to paint.

— Mark Gonzales

Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.

— Salvador Dali

Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.

— Richard Schmid

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not…

— Aretha Franklin

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not…

— Aretha Franklin

To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects.

— Elizabeth Peyton

Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules…

— Camille Pissarro

In the end, it doesn't really matter what you paint. It's all just a routine to connect yourself finally with other people.

— Chris Ofili

No matter what medium I'm using, or what subject I'm painting, I do retain a fairly set approach to painting.

— Ron Parker

I have painted enough to have a lot of respect for mediocre painters. It's really hard.

— Peter Schjeldahl