Art Quote by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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

— Paul Cezanne

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

— Hedy Lamarr

Painters strike me as having warm uncomplicated friendships and probably more natural generosity than the practitioners of any other art. Perhaps this is because…

— Paul Theroux

Every artist feels alone and isolated, Friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you…

— Jasper Johns

Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though…

— Quentin Blake

I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age…

— John Dyer

I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.

— Betty Dodson

Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know!

— Sophie Blackall

There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I've often thought, 'Goodness, if I could paint like the Danish Golden…

— Margrethe II of Denmark

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

— Frida Kahlo

I'm an ambitious self-publicist out of necessity. I've never been one to miss an opportunity because I've never had any illusions about how hard…

— Stuart Pearson Wright

People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.

— Ralph Allen