Concerned Quote by Lucian Freud

I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter,…

— Lucian Freud

I want paint to work as flesh.

— Lucian Freud

In the end, it doesn't really matter what you paint. It's all just a routine to connect yourself finally with other people.

— Chris Ofili

Paint is the skin of a painting: it is fiction. In houses, it disguises the plumbing and wiring and studs and nails.

— Jessica Stockholder

People don't paint for the hell of it. It's a deeply seated thing - a preoccupation - the whole of one's life.

— Roger de Grey

Paint is a very sensual material. It's lovely to work with and lovely to look at.

— Glenn Ligon

I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to…

— Lucian Freud

People say, Why dont you just paint with paintbrushes? I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. Its very…

— Meredith Ostrom

People say, 'Why don't you just paint with paintbrushes?' I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. It's very…

— Meredith Ostrom

You don't decide to paint. It's like getting hungry and going to the kitchen to eat. It's a need, not a choice.

— Leonora Carrington

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to.

— Beatrice Lillie

I don't paint like a woman is supposed to paint. Thank God, art doesn't bother about things like that.

— Alice Neel