Painting Quote by Saša Stanišić

The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.

— Andre Malraux

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

— Lucian Freud

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.

— Pablo Picasso

When a painter thinks to disengage from the world outside himself and fantasies unprecedented forms he thinks he will make a painting, he finds…

— Pierre Alechinsky

“The true artist has no pride. He sees unfortunately that art has no limits; he has a vague awareness of how far he is…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“The painter is not simply someone who looks and who sees. Above all, the artist is someone who exposes a personal vision by rendering…

— Marcel Paquet

The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.

— Paul Klee

“To create works of art meant no less to him than to paint life, not mere reality, but the principle of life.”

— Ingo Walther

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

I think there has to be an interesting transformative process between your perception of reality and making the paintings. If you are just trying…

— Susan Rothenberg

It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.

— Thomas S. Buechner

“Art in painting should consist only of the representation of things that are visible and tangible.”

— Gustave Courbet