Concentration Quote by Luc Tuymans

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

— Ali Banisadr

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

— Jackson Pollock

In my eyes, making art is very often about something that you don't know.

— Lawrence Weiner

If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.

— Franz Kline

The creative process obtains in all creative acts. So if I'm painting suddenly I'll see something that I didn't see before.

— Annie Dillard

Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.

— Romare Bearden

There are different kinds of concentration required to make a painting, different kinds of being present.

— Joe Bradley

Often, I find it really hard to see what I'm doing when I'm in the thick of things. I can get too precious and…

— Cecily Brown

There are certain times when a painting accelerates beyond you, and you have to try and understand and catch up with it.

— Nigel Cooke

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters. I can't stress enough how important it is, if you are interested at…

— Frank Stella

I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel,…

— Claude Monet

Your painting is a measure of your mind.

— Millard Sheets