Always Quote by Quentin Blake

Generally paintings are about technique, but I don't see myself as a painter. I am more of a storyteller and an image - maker.

— Nir Hod

I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try…

— Gerhard Richter

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

— Lee Krasner

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

I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I…

— Black Francis

My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker... I've gotten into some curious situations.

— Jamie Wyeth

I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.

— Francis Bacon

I don't paint. I am a hobbyist photographer, so I relate to the visual arts that way, but I'm not a painter.

— Annie Parisse

Painting is my profession, because it has always been the thing that interested me most. I'm of a certain age, I come from a…

— Gerhard Richter

I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.

— John Burnside

Lots of artists who paint have the experience to one degree or another... where their thinking doesn't precede their doing... It's a funny thing,…

— Philip Guston

I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.

— Max Beckmann