Aesthetic Quote by John Updike

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is…

— Chuck Close

Artists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others.

— John Kurtz

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose…

— Pierre Soulages

It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.

— Lucian Freud

The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm…

— Danny Fox

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 crave to be able to photograph the way a painter paints - in a loose, expressive way.

— Chris Jordan

Photography is the very conscience of painting. It constantly reminds the later of what it must not do.

— Brassai

The mind of a painter should be like a mirror which is filled with as many images as there are things placed before him.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have been very…

— Robert Rauschenberg

I like the idea of the painting looking at the viewer than the other way around.

— Joseph Raffael

Painting should educate and enrich. Modern painting merely offers a split-second emotion: You see it, you have an instant reaction and move on. Instead,…

— Igor Babailov