Modern art Quote by Robert Rauschenberg

A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil and fabric.

— Robert Rauschenberg

Your stockings prove your virtues. Be certain they are clean and free of tears.

— Emilie Autumn

I am glad you encouraged me with the 'Stoke' [his painting 'Stoke-by-Nayland', circa 1835] What say you to a summer morning? July or August,…

— John Constable

But ‘art’ is not anything serious or exclusive: it is the smell of oil paint, Henri Murger’s Vie de Boheme, corduroy trousers, the operatic…

— Wyndham Lewis

The latest fashion… is absolutely necessary for a painting. It’s what matters most.

— Edouard Manet

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

“fabrics doesn't make exquisite dresses, it is the stitches.”

— Treasure Stitches

Paint is a very sensual material. It's lovely to work with and lovely to look at.

— Glenn Ligon

“Treat your socks and stockings with respect”

— Marie Kondō

A painting is more than the sum of its parts

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Painting is like golf; the fewer strokes I take, the better the picture.

— John Marin

Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.

— Kary Mullis