Bigs Quote by Ron Perlman

You've got to be honest with yourself aesthetically about who could you play. You want to artistically be true to that character.

— Columbus Short

I don't believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it's a way to disguise myself.

— Gerhard Richter

An artist is generally expected to stick to one motif, one persona. People get used to seeing someone put down a certain thing.

— Ad-Rock

Do you think it interests me that this painting represents two figures? These two figures existed, they exist no more. The sight of them…

— Pablo Picasso

Rather than deliberately trying to draw something, use something you yourself like and want to draw, and I think the characters that come out…

— Akira Toriyama

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have…

— H. R. Giger

There are times when I love to play all kinds of complicated games in painting. But this is one case when I need to…

— Nelson Shanks

My work is a fusion of personal experiences and influences - moody atmospheres, victorian-inspired couture, and timeless elements all laced with clandestine symbolism. The…

— Lori Earley

Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the…

— Plutarch

I always get sort of an image of what the character is gonna look like and then I kind of go with it.

— Joel Kinnaman

It is ultimately character that underwrites art.

— Anne Truitt

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

— Caspar David Friedrich