Accepting Quote by Richard Schmid

I quit painting very early. I just jumped ship. In a way, the window is the tragic possibility - you can jump out into…

— Tehching Hsieh

If you start a painting and you don't like where it's going, don't give up on it. Just keep going and follow through. You…

— Andrew McDermott

My instinct about painting says, 'if you don't think about it, it's right.' As soon as you have to decide and choose, it's wrong.…

— Andy Warhol

Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It is at…

— Eugene Delacroix

When you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and…

— Walter Darby Bannard

Sometimes you look at a painting and certain parts are so beautiful. You say, "Wow, this is fantastic," but 10 minutes later you most…

— Michael Chow

I find that as I get into a painting I have high hopes, then little by little I begin to see that it is…

— Robert Genn

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting.

— Philip Guston

I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my…

— Cy Twombly

It's impossible to feel the creative juices flowing if you're always worried about the end result. I think really, really good work comes out…

— Marianne Elliott

You should keep on painting no matter how difficult it is, because this is all part of experience, and the more experience you have,…

— Alice Neel

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

— Ali Banisadr