Air Quote by Mark Kostabi

I think of me being a painter eventually.

— Syd Barrett

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore…

— Jaron Lanier

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through…

— Paul McCartney

I love the way painting is so full of illusionistic possibilities.

— Jessica Stockholder

I love painting. I went to college in fine arts, and I still do it all the time.

— Jessalyn Gilsig

I was very interested in being a painter. I had facility, I had talent, and I loved painting and printmaking, and I was quite…

— John Lithgow

Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.

— Max Ernst

I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings,…

— Bob Dylan

I paint as a way of looking for myself in the world.

— Amy Sherald

I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination. If people look at my work and are reminded of the way…

— Thomas Kinkade

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second…

— Tony Curtis

I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and sculpting.

— Shirley Eaton