Firsts Quote by Richard Schmid Download Open image “Whenever I can, I paint the powerful and obvious things in my subject first.” — Richard Schmid ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firsts I can Obvious Obvious things Paint Powerful Subjects
I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel,… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I arrange my subject as I want it, then I go ahead and paint it, like a child. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
Whenever I really want to, I can paint. It kinda just goes by my emotions and feelings at the time. — Willie Cauley-Stein Copy Share Image
I know all the theory of everything but when I paint I don't think of anything except the subject and me. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
I create my subjects somehow visualizing them in my style. I start as a poet, put the colors and composition down on canvas as… — Fernando Botero Copy Share Image
Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work. — Ali Banisadr Copy Share Image
You know, why does a painter paint? You need to communicate, you need to challenge preconceived ideas. — Stacy Martin Copy Share Image
I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make. — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
For years, I went around the world looking and then painting, but now I have to think first and then paint. It's driven me… — Milford Zornes Copy Share Image
If there is a conflict in your mind between what you know and what you are seeing, paint what you see because if you… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
I see the things and people and events in my daily world as an endless succession of paintings. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
In a sense, every work you do is a self-portrait because your paintings always reveal more about you than about your subject. Your experience… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
As painters...we must always remember that our precious poetic visions and spiritual insights will remain forever locked within us until we can boil them… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
Underlying all your choices, particularly subject matter and the way you represent it, should be your own personal scruples, the standards and rules that… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
You can stick with a few clear-cut values, which are stronger than a multitude of values and will obviously yield a stronger painting. But… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
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