Battle Quote by John Ruskin

“The painters could be identified by dirty fingernails; the writers by conversation in labored monosyllables and aggressive vulgarities which disguised their minds.”

— William Gaddis

“You have to know how to be vulgar. Paint with four-letter words.”

— Pablo Picasso

“We all have our alloted portions of black and white paint; how we lay it on is a question of temperament.”

— Ewart Grogan

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

— Georges Braque

Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive.

— Cy Twombly

“Since we live in a world of appearances, people are judged by what they seem to be. If the mind can't read the predictable…

— Erik Pevernagie

Every painting is a war. You have to struggle every day, and to struggle every day with your inadequacies is a damn nuisance.

— Neil Welliver

After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no…

— Henry David Thoreau

I hate graffiti. It's not yours - don't draw on it! Is it that hard to comprehend?

— Chad Michael Murray

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

— Arshile Gorky

“in painted quiet and concentration”

— Wisława Szymborska

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall

— Cyril Connolly