Concentration Quote by Morris Graves

Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without…

— Diego Rivera

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace…

— Titian

Painting is at once a form of meditation and an utter, complete personal engagement with life.

— Steven Whitney

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

— Joe Bradley

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

— Paul Cezanne

I suppose I envy painters because they can meditate on form and structure, on color and light, and not concern themselves with human torment…

— May Sarton

Everything... has to be resolved through rhythms. You're constantly massaging each form, trying to get it home, pushing further and further until these all…

— Leland Bell

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

— Ali Banisadr

“All art involves conscious discipline. If one is going to paint, do sculpture, design a building or write a book, it will involve discipline…

— Edith Schaeffer

It is important that the painting can be inhabited, so that the mind's eye, or the eye's mind, can move about it credibly.

— Bridget Riley

A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot,…

— Joshua Reynolds

“The person who waits upon moods in impoverished. If the painter only wanted to paint when in the mood for it, he would not…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer