Art Quote by Leon Battista Alberti

The best work of artists in any age is the work of innocence liberated by technical knowledge. The laboratory experiments that led to the…

— Nancy Hale

At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the…

— Jasper Johns

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

— Leonardo da Vinci

When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.

— Barnett Newman

It is to aid in making the arts operative rather than only positively or negatively pleasurable... it is to paint a record, in so…

— Morris Graves

Painting demands an intelligent model.

— Vincent Van Gogh

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting. I hope to show that ours is…

— John Constable

All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary…

— Eugene Delacroix

The essence of painting has actually always been to make it [the universal] plastically perceptible through colour and line.

— Piet Mondrian

I think that art has the ability to capture people's imaginations and make them think that more is possible.

— Shepard Fairey

Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other…

— Nelson Shanks

The question of painting is bound up with epistemology, with the engagement of the viewer, with what the viewer may learn.

— Guido Molinari