Ifs Quote by Scott Kahn

A painting that doesn't shock isn't worth painting.

— Marcel Duchamp

Paintings don't just happen. I am not a proponent of the idea of an artist as someone who kind of magically makes things and…

— Kerry James Marshall

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

— Charles Webster Hawthorne

The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter…

— John Berger

In painting, you have to destroy in order to gain... you have got to sacrifice something you are quite pleased with in order to…

— Graham Sutherland

Painting demands an intelligent model.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Painting is of course multifarious, and for all of us the goal is, gaining control without impeding the creative process.

— Don Farrell

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly.

— George Grosz

If painting doesn't offer a way to dream and create emotions, then it's not worth it.

— Pierre Soulages

The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to…

— Patti Smith

My paint is like a rocket, which describes its own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I cannot foresee,…

— Karel Appel

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

— Ali Banisadr