Being Quote by Marcel Duchamp

I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile…

— Claude Monet

I'm an ambitious self-publicist out of necessity. I've never been one to miss an opportunity because I've never had any illusions about how hard…

— Stuart Pearson Wright

When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves…

— Edvard Munch

I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me.

— Andy Warhol

It's hard to live just by selling paintings.

— Ben Eine

I keep a steady supply of paintbrushes and canvases. I like to paint. I'm not some great artist.

— Wendy Williams

I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.

— Paul Simonon

It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of…

— E. J. Hughes

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

— Takeshi Kitano

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

— Carmen Ejogo

... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to…

— Irving Stone

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more…

— Vincent Van Gogh