Body Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

The function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like the body…

— Leon Battista Alberti

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

— Max Ernst

Flat, uninteresting parts of paintings are, in fact, a ruse to get the viewer to see what needs to be seen.

— Robert Genn

Painting does what we cannot do—it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.

— Chuck Jones

The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.

— Susan Sontag

“you draw" (the painter)”

— Sarah Dunant

The starting point of a picture for any painter is a matter of colors and form...I believe that the poetry of art - if…

— Georges Braque

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

Think of an abstract painting as very, very low relief - a thing, not a picture.

— Jerry Saltz

Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another.In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so…

— Chuck Close

Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on…

— Kay WalkingStick