Bad impression Quote by Katharine Whitehorn

People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be…

— Katharine Whitehorn

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

— David Hockney

“What odd chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem…

— Oscar Wilde

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?

— Roy Lichtenstein

For the general public, my work is sometimes easier than a painting because there is someone addressing you; it can actually be a relief.…

— Tino Sehgal

Just as I am astonished that a bank clerk never eats a cheque, so too am I astonished that no painter before me ever…

— Salvador Dali

“Some paintings become famous because, being durable, they are viewed by successive generations, in each of which are likely to be found a few…

— Aldo Leopold

I myself believe that there is in every painter's life a period of making absurdities. In my case I think that period is already…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst,…

— William Blake

“A young house painter who fails miserably in his choice of profession is capable, also for a period of twenty years, of having himself…

— Wilhelm Reich

I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set…

— Philip Johnson

It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work.

— Vincent Van Gogh