Art Quote by Plato

“Although a man be not a painter, he may have just opinions of the forms of men.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Your impression of him as a respectable man brings to my mind the work of a painter whose pictures show attractively at a distance…

— John Bunyan

“The most beautiful paintings in existence today are the ones which were not painted by anyone.”

— Karel Teige

“... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion,…

— Anonymous

“A painter must never be satisfied with what he sees—painting reality means surrendering to it,”

— Saša Stanišić

“For as we would wish that a painter who is to draw a beautiful face, in which there is yet some imperfection, should neither…

— Plutarch

“Painting reflects. It kills you in a colourful shower of emptiness. Flatness. Randomness. And beauty. Yes, it is the most pure beauty I have…

— Nigel Tomm

“The artist is the only one qualified to criticize his art, because only the artist knows what he was trying to express and how…

— Ron Brackin

The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or the latter…

— Walter J. Phillips

“All great art commences with a vision, and perhaps it may be that the vision is closer to God than that which is ultimately…

— John Connolly

“When I look at you I want to be a painter because to see such a beauty and not being able to paint is…

— Galib Mammadov

“every good artist paints what he is”

— Jackson Pollock