Inspirational Quote by Max Ernst Download Open image “The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.” — Max Ernst ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Painter Painting Projects Roles
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
The painter... will find [photography] a rapid way of making collections of studies he could otherwise obtain only with much time and trouble and,… — Paul Delaroche Copy Share Image
It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure. — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
The function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like the body… — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
You haven't time to think about the composition. In working directly from nature, the painter ends up by simply aiming at an effect, and… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts. — Joshua L. Goldberg Copy Share Image
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
Collage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not suit… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition. — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation. — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
Collage is a supersensitive and scrupulously accurate instrument, similar to a seismograph, which is able to record the exact amount of the possibility of… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
Who made art history? Not the most reasonable people. The mad men did. If painting is the mirror of a time, it must be… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
I have never seen a beautiful painting of a beautiful woman. But you can take an ugly woman and make a beautiful painting of… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image