Artist Quote by Niki de St. Phalle

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.

— Balthus

Painting transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can't reach.

— Prince Charles

After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself.

— Jane Seymour

I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head.

— El Greco

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

— Jack Levine

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

— Balthus

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.

— Philip Guston

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.

— Saul Bellow

Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.

— Henri Matisse

“It is almost impossible to express the extraordinary silence that came over everyone whose eyes were fixed on the painting––not a rustle, not a…

— Nikolai Gogol

I paint the spirit and soul of what I see.

— Brian Froud

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

— Georges Rouault