Art Quote by Samuel Beckett

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

— Pablo Picasso

Painting is consequently an almost blind, desperate effort, like that of a person abandoned, helpless, in totally incomprehensible surroundings.

— Gerhard Richter

“A person may paint or talk about painting but he cannot do both at the same time.”

— Irving Stone

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

— Caspar David Friedrich

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

— Paul Cezanne

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he…

— Georg Baselitz

A painter paints because he has no time not to paint.

— Josef Albers

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace…

— Titian

Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under…

— Titian

An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

— Willem de Kooning

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing…

— Caspar David Friedrich