Art Quote by Joseph Joubert

A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot,…

— Joshua Reynolds

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a…

— Edward Hopper

The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting.

— Titian

The painter who is so enamoured by the beauties of the parts of a landscape, that he strives to represent all, cannot succeed. His…

— Walter J. Phillips

“Our connection to art has less to do with talent and more to do with the emotion it stirs inside us. And perhaps our…

— Nicole Deese

Very few people have a natural feeling for painting, and so, of course, they naturally think that painting is an expression of the artist's…

— Francis Bacon

The duty of the artist is not to be calculating in any sense, so that he may be free himself of human emotions while…

— Karel Appel

Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under…

— Titian

The painter doesn't try to reproduce the scene before him... he simplifies and eliminates until he knows exactly what stirred him, sets this down…

— David Milne

If paintings are so important - worth so much, reproduced, cherished, and visited so often - then isn't it troubling that we can hardly…

— James Elkins

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.

— Balthus

“Painting is a great outlet for those inner emotions you cannot get out any other way.”

— Carol Brearley