Inspiration Quote by Tracy Chevalier

The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no reason to…

— James Whistler

“A painter must never be satisfied with what he sees—painting reality means surrendering to it,”

— Saša Stanišić

You don't have to compose a masterpiece every time, but I think the challenge of art is always searching for something different, searching for…

— Ludovico Einaudi

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will…

— Paul Gauguin

Every great painting is left incomplete at the point where its completion is obvious.

— Robert Breault

The job of the artist is not to resolve or beautify, but to hold complexities, to see and make clear.

— Toi Derricotte

A conscious decision to eliminate certain details and include selective bits of personal experiences or perceptual nuances, gives the painting more of a multi-dimension…

— Wayne Thiebaud

I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that…

— Agnes Martin

“Serious art, whether expressed in score, script, or image, seizes you on first encounter. It then holds and distracts you long enough to lead…

— Edward O. Wilson

Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that…

— Edvard Munch

Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.

— Orhan Pamuk

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

— Peter Doig