Aliens Quote by Lisa Yuskavage

I stopped painting, not because I didn't like painting; the sensuality of it was fun. But I wasn't able to get to the point…

— Lawrence Weiner

I hated painting, and I quit right after high school because I was continually told how terrific I was... it made me feel shaky.

— Diane Arbus

I can't let things go when it comes to stop painting. It has to be my way.

— Rita Ackermann

I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try…

— Gerhard Richter

I've just kept on ceaselessly painting in order to learn painting.

— Vincent Van Gogh

I tried to be a house painter, but I couldn't stand all that paint all over me.

— George Jones

I found I have to stay painting.

— Alan Bean

Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.

— Ali Banisadr

I realized that I had things in my head not like what I had been taught - not like what I had seen -…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite.

— Vincent Gallo

If you start a painting and you don't like where it's going, don't give up on it. Just keep going and follow through. You…

— Andrew McDermott

I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously.

— Jonathan Lethem