Art Quote by Pliny the Younger

Every great painting is left incomplete at the point where its completion is obvious.

— Robert Breault

Creativity sometimes needs the protection of darkness, of being ignored. That is very obvious in the natural tendency many artists and writers have not…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

It's absurd to talk about paintings that you haven't finished.

— Cy Twombly

Paintings must be understood through the eyes, and that's not the word either. No writing, no talking, no singing, no dancing will explain them.…

— Charles Demuth

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

— Agnes Martin

A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.

— Rembrandt

I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of…

— Damien Hirst

We painted a beautiful picture, but we just didn't finish it. Finishing is the difference between a beautiful picture and a masterpiece.

— Don Meyer

Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.

— Orhan Pamuk

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will…

— Paul Gauguin

A painting is not thought out in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s thoughts change. And when it’s finished, it…

— Pablo Picasso

A work of art is finished, from the point of view of the artist, when feeling and perception have resulted in a spiritual synthesis.

— Hans Hofmann