Heavy Quote by Rolf Harris

You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.

— Alex Katz

Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while.

— Charles Webster Hawthorne

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

— Edward Hopper

I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which…

— George Frederic Watts

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

Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.

— Ali Banisadr

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

— Jackson Pollock

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

— Georges Braque

When you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and…

— Walter Darby Bannard

If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and…

— Edvard Munch

Paint ideas, paint thought.

— Howard Pyle

Painting is another form of thinking.

— Gerhard Richter