Able Quote by Semir Zeki

If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.

— Paul Gauguin

When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, house, a field…Merely think, here is…

— Claude Monet

Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees as an artist.

— Elton John

You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living…

— John F. Carlson

I put a limited time on the blues. I say, 'I allowed myself to be blue for four hours, and now I'm going to…

— Teri Hatcher

To paint nature you must be in it a long time.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Something happens, Blue thinks, and then it goes on happening forever. It can never be changed, can never be otherwise.

— Paul Auster

When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might…

— Claude Monet

A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you're feeling blue. . . Try painting yourself a different color. (Words of wisdom for a second grader)

— Rick Sutter

What I say to an artist is, 'When you can't paint - paint.

— Joyce Cary

Not even for a million dollars would I paint a tree.

— Willem de Kooning