Bows Quote by Stephen Beal

For me, painting is like meditation.

— Janet Fish

Painting is at once a form of meditation and an utter, complete personal engagement with life.

— Steven Whitney

Paint records the most delicate gesture and the most tense. It tells whether the painter sat or stood or crouched in front of the…

— James Elkins

I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.

— Mark Tobey

In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual.

— Shahzia Sikander

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through…

— Paul McCartney

I think painting is in fact a form of rehearsal expressed through different mediums.

— Wang Jianwei

I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with…

— Gerhard Richter

The paintings have a lot to do with the idea of seeing and doing, and the relationship between your hand and your eye, and…

— Malcolm Morley

“Let us paint depth, joy, and happiness onto the canvas of our lives, for it is a vital and gratifying endeavor. (Painting and Meditation)–”

— Erik Pevernagie

Art is so subjective--it means something different to every person. The important thing for it to do is to touch on the senses and…

— Michelle Malone

Painting has the ability to communicate something about the sitter that gets to his essence.

— Kehinde Wiley