Art Quote by Philip Guston

My studio work is a central part of my life and I'd be at loose ends without it. When I'm not in my studio,…

— Stephen Beal

I have never had a studio, and I do not understand shutting oneself up in a room. To draw, yes; to paint, no.

— Claude Monet

When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- all…

— John Cage

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore…

— Jaron Lanier

I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when you’re painting.

— Lee Krasner

If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.

— Bruce Nauman

I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall suffer for…

— Edgar Degas

It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story of who…

— Stanley Tucci

What is it that an artist does when he is left alone in his studio? My conclusion was that if I was an artist…

— Bruce Nauman

In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women;…

— Honore de Balzac

The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas.

— Damien Hirst

Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.

— Ali Banisadr