Body Quote by Leon Battista Alberti

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

— Max Ernst

The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane

— Leonardo da Vinci

The painter has total control over what they're showing to the viewer.

— Hideo Kojima

There are many things one thinks about in a painting. Often, it's how to handle your chosen medium and how to best reveal the…

— Janice Tanton

“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

The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically…

— Philip Guston

The substance of painting is light.

— Andre Derain

Painting is the chance to create a different space, or different way of picturing a literal stream of images.

— Cynthia Daignault

Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color.

— John French Sloan

Painting is the pattern of one's own nervous system being projected on canvas.

— Francis Bacon

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

— Robert Henri

Painting demands an intelligent model.

— Vincent Van Gogh