Companion Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way to be alone.

— Franz Kline

Painting is a lonely, mostly solitary act.

— Anh Do

The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the mind.

— Leonardo da Vinci

A very young painter is seldom alone. If he is an art student, he is in an art school with other students. He does…

— Pierre Alechinsky

In art one is usually totally alone with oneself.

— Paula Modersohn-Becker

“It is not difficult to be alone if you are poor and a failure. An artist is always alone – if he is an…

— Henry Miller

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or…

— Leonardo da Vinci

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

— Henry Miller

Painting and writing are solitary arts.

— Conrad Hall

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being…

— Anonymous

Of course, when one is faced with a canvas, one is no longer alone, and the sense of solitude diminishes. This can be an…

— Pierre Alechinsky

The artist after all is a solitary being.

— Virginia Woolf