Canvas Quote by Lori Earley

My paintings don't simply represent what I see; they present viewers with what I want them to see.

— Ken Danby

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

— Agnes Martin

I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in…

— Julian Schnabel

I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

— Steven Saylor

Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

— Steven Saylor

My paintings are inspirational for they allow the observer to experience infinite viewpoints and perceptions. They are not abstract for they represent what is…

— Freydoon Rassouli

I like the idea of the painting looking at the viewer than the other way around.

— Joseph Raffael

All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can…

— Frank Stella

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.

— Barnett Newman

[I] don't want people to see it [paintings] as a specific intention on my part. If somebody has that interest in these objects, of…

— Michael Craig-Martin

I have no way of knowing what you are going to feel when you look at one of my paintings; I only know what…

— Danny Fox

I want my paintings to give the viewer a true sense of reality - that includes but is not limited to depth, scale and…

— David Kassan