Deals Quote by Robert Henri

“A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it?” The…

— Robert Henri

“There are two ways of reasoning about painting: how to do it and how not to do it; how to d it with great…

— Vincent Van Gogh

The chief consideration for a good painter is to think out the whole of his picture, to have it in his head as a…

— Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The artist must paint as he would speak. I don’t want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand.

— David Alfaro Siqueiros

Painting is like making love. You cannot ask, 'How do you do it?' But, hopefully, it is beautiful.

— Francesco Clemente

If one were to ask a painter what he felt about anything, his just response - though he seldom makes it - would be…

— Robert Motherwell

“I don't think painters have the answers about a painting except the painting itself. Anyway, a painting has to have some kind of mystery…

— Elizabeth Kostova

“Painters have often taught writers how to see.”

— James Baldwin

The artist need not know very much, best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

— Emil Nolde

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

— Edward Hopper

“I think deep down I'm a painter, but my hands just don't know how to move to capture the beauty.”

— Wasabi Wheathins

The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat the feat…

— John F. Carlson