Accidents Quote by Odilon Redon

“When I think of it as happening to somebody else, it seems that the idea of me soaked to the skin, surrounded by countless…

— Sōseki Natsume

I simply painted images of what was before my eyes; it is for others to find hidden meaning in them.

— Pablo Picasso

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

— Tori Amos

I do remember when it occurred to me the first time, when I got the idea of painting the way I feel at a…

— Maria Lassnig

I have often seen quite demented patients recognize and respond vividly to paintings and delight in the act of painting at a time when…

— Oliver Sacks

When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had…

— Oscar Wilde

Paint right into the darkness. While painting in these conditions the mind shifts gears, engaging the unconscious. Unique 'insights' happen in the dark.

— Allison Mackie

If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.

— Franz Kline

I find that I have painted my life - things happening in my life - without knowing.

— Georgia O'Keeffe

As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind, crazy people,…

— Kim Hyesoon

I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I…

— William S. Burroughs

Using painting as a metaphor for consciousness is what I'm interested in.

— Nigel Cooke