Abandon Quote by Peter Paul Rubens

“Every twenty years or so the earth renews itself in young maidens. You know what I mean? Her cheeks had the perfect form that…

— Saul Bellow

“How may paintings have preserved the image of a divine beauty which in its natural manifestation has been rapidly overtaken by time or death.…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned…

— Samuel Morse

Painting seems an old man's business. After a certain time you're out of it, and you just paint masterpieces.

— Alex Katz

Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand…

— Charlotte Saunders Cushman

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

— Balthus

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

— Peter Doig

Painting is a coalescing of experience.

— Richard Phillips

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.

— Bridget Riley

I have always loved painting and I did it from a very young age.

— Brad Mondo

Painting is almost like a religious experience, which should go on and on. Age just gives you the freedom to do some things you've…

— Will Barnet

Painting is at once a form of meditation and an utter, complete personal engagement with life.

— Steven Whitney