First things Quote by Kathryn Shay

Painting is the subject of painting.

— Joseph Raffael

“A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.”

— Amit Kalantri

As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred…

— William Baziotes

“Every painting tells a story.”

— Adrienne Posey

“Art in painting should consist only of the representation of things that are visible and tangible.”

— Gustave Courbet

“In painting, three things must be considered - the position of the viewer, the position of the object viewed, and the position of the…

— Lynn Cullen

“I wrote one line about every painting I saw and then did the same in the street: what sight isn't a painting.”

— Zach Savich

Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the…

— Robert Reynolds

“Is this the main thing that painters of portraits care about? The person on the verge of becoming someone else?”

— Gregory Maguire

“I don't think painters have the answers about a painting except the painting itself. Anyway, a painting has to have some kind of mystery…

— Elizabeth Kostova

Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light.

— Claude Monet

“To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am willing to…

— W. Somerset Maugham