Artist Quote by Robert Genn

Sometimes it is best to burn paintings that just don't burn.

— David Luiz

If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned.

— George Bernard Shaw

Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.

— Sylvester Stallone

“You have to work with the paint and work with whatever the day brings you. If it's a wee bit dreary out, you paint…

— Kieran Kramer

The real purpose of painting is to give pleasure.

— Robert Ryman

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose…

— Pierre Soulages

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

— Max Beckmann

What has reason to do with the art of painting?

— William Blake

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

— George Bernard Shaw

Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least…

— Susan Minot

For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem.

— Joan Miro

I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But…

— Yves Klein