Artist Quote by Paul Cezanne

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 painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

— Caspar David Friedrich

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

— Max Ernst

Painters must speak through paint, not through words.

— Hans Hofmann

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing…

— Caspar David Friedrich

He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has…

— John Ruskin

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

“A painter must never be satisfied with what he sees—painting reality means surrendering to it,”

— Saša Stanišić

You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.

— Denis Diderot

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.

— Pablo Picasso

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

— Lucian Freud

“Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive…

— Rainer Maria Rilke