Art Quote by Paul Theroux

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

— Hedy Lamarr

Artists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others.

— John Kurtz

But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work.

— Marie Windsor

I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.

— Max Beckmann

Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.

— Pierre Soulages

Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful.

— Sidney Nolan

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate…

— Max Beckmann

If paintings are so important - worth so much, reproduced, cherished, and visited so often - then isn't it troubling that we can hardly…

— James Elkins

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

— Paul Cezanne

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is…

— Chuck Close

For many years it was difficult for me to paint because I didn't feel the informal painting that was then tyrannically dominating painters and…

— Domenico Gnoli

Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to…

— Michelangelo