Carrie Quote by Robert Motherwell

Every good painter paints what he is.

— Jackson Pollock

The real subject of every painting is light.

— Claude Monet

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which…

— Paul Cezanne

“An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how…

— Maxim Gorky

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will…

— Paul Gauguin

He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has…

— John Ruskin

The painter who is so enamoured by the beauties of the parts of a landscape, that he strives to represent all, cannot succeed. His…

— Walter J. Phillips

“every good artist paints what he is”

— Jackson Pollock

Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about…

— Ed Harris

You have to like everything that you're painting. Maybe on a narrative level it seems harsh... but I like everything in all my paintings.…

— John Currin

It has always been difficult for historians to fully grasp the intelligence of painters.

— Dore Ashton

Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts.

— Joshua L. Goldberg