Aspect Quote by Lee Krasner

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.

— Philip Guston

The creative process obtains in all creative acts. So if I'm painting suddenly I'll see something that I didn't see before.

— Annie Dillard

Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.

— Max Ernst

Painting, for me, is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real.

— Richard Pousette-Dart

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It's fascinating to think that as soon as man came into existence, he started painting.

— Pierre Soulages

A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by bringing a…

— Henri Matisse

Painting, because of its universality, becomes speculation.

— El Greco

I see painting as an evocative magic, and there must always be a random factor in magic, one which must be constantly changed and…

— William S. Burroughs

Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.

— Max Ernst

See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality.

— Keith Haring

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through…

— Paul McCartney