Painting Quote by Samuel Johnson

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

— Samuel Johnson

Like a guide dog, paintings help you see.

— Martin Mull

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

— Agnes Martin

If you can see a world within a portrait I would be happy with that. I don't want to tell the story with a…

— Danny Fox

Art depends on there being affection in its creator's life and an artist must find ways, like everyone else, to nourish it. A photographer…

— Robert Adams

The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees

— Mark Rothko

I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.

— Balthus

What painting is, is exactly what people see.

— Robert Ryman

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting. I hope to show that ours is…

— John Constable

Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole...

— Alain de Botton

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will…

— Paul Gauguin

I see the things and people and events in my daily world as an endless succession of paintings.

— Richard Schmid