"I was too practical to want to be…" — Paul Rand
"I was too practical to want to be a painter."
More Painter Quotes
- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters… — J. J. Abrams
- It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because… — David Bailey
- Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter. — J. G. Ballard
- The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has… — Balthus
- I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind… — Lynda Barry
- Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity,… — Charles Baudelaire
- The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you… — Alton Brown
- I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward.… — Nick Cave
- The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People… — Nick Cave
- There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other. — Paul Cezanne
- A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter. — Paul Cezanne
- The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings. — Paul Cezanne