Humor Quote by Stephen King

“For as we would wish that a painter who is to draw a beautiful face, in which there is yet some imperfection, should neither…

— Plutarch

“His tavern sign bore witness to his feats of arms. He had painted it himself, being a Jack-of-all-trades who did everything badly.”

— Victor Hugo

“I remember the first time I saw my favorite painting, how its fragile beauty caught my breath. And I thought if the artist had…

— Lang Leav

“I had been foolish in imagining that I had seen anything in it, more than that you were extremely good looking, and that I…

— Oscar Wilde

“There is often as much sincerity, labour, and thought in bad painting as in good.”

— Robert Baldwin Ross

“It was the face that disturbed me. The artist had lit it in such a way that it appeared very strong, actually, to my…

— Barbara Cohen

“Your paintings are staggeringly beautiful. Did I ever tell you that,or was I just too concerned that you weren't going to earn a living?…

— Rosamund Lupton

“... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion,…

— Anonymous

“Although a man be not a painter, he may have just opinions of the forms of men.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Look at this one.” I picked up a small painting of a man with dark hair and a short, dark beard. He wore a…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“He had a body that begged to be painted…with chocolate.”

— L.G.A. McIntyre

“I do implore my readers, therefore, not to be more clever than their author, and see portraits where, quite honestly, none are intended. C.B.”

— Christianna Brand