Amazed Quote by Sherwood Anderson

We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.

— James Whistler

What a trade! Poor painters! They always wish to be understood, and they are analysed instead.

— Pablo Picasso

“Painters have often taught writers how to see.”

— James Baldwin

Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've been a…

— Donald Barthelme

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking…

— Mordicai Gerstein

The great painter has something to say. He does not paint men, landscapes, or furniture; but an idea.

— Robert Henri

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

It used to be that painters were crazy and sculptors clever. Today it's the other way around.

— Giorgio de Chirico

Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is…

— Otto Dix

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

— Maurice de Vlaminck

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

— Jackson Pollock