Anxiety Quote by Paul Cezanne

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

— Paul Cezanne

We only have our nervous system to paint.

— Francis Bacon

Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline.

— Jamie Wyeth

When I am finished painting, I paint again for relaxation.

— Pablo Picasso

If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.

— Raphael Soyer

I have a strange need to paint; if I don't paint I cry and get bad headaches.

— Judith Ellen Levy

Do I suffer for my art? Well, I get a lot of flatulence when I'm nervous.

— Martin Clunes

When I start to paint, it is real agony. I get nervous. The day before, I am already working up to it. Then I…

— Luc Tuymans

Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die.

— Yoko Ono

Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. I really don't like oil because you can't get…

— Cy Twombly

If you keep pushing paint when you're tired of it, you lose sensitivity. I can only focus on painting for a few hours, so…

— Gary Panter

You can't control things by being nervous.

— Tina Fey