Atmosphere Quote by Umberto Boccioni

I cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I cannot draw…

— Irving Stone

Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

— Anonymous

The hard part is how to plan a picture so as to give to others what has happened to you. To render in paint…

— Maxfield Parrish

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to.

— Beatrice Lillie

I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter,…

— Lucian Freud

Painting someone's portrait is, of course, an impossible task. What an absurd idea to try and distil a human being, the most complex organism…

— David Cobley

Well, I don't believe there are subjects that can't be painted, but there are a lot of things that I personally can't paint.

— Gerhard Richter

I paint paintings of people.

— Amy Sherald

If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and…

— Edvard Munch

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

You don't paint what you see, you paint what you feel.

— Romare Bearden

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint at all.

— Alberto Giacometti