Computers Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

— Vincent Van Gogh

The painting has a life of its own

— Jackson Pollock

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and…

— Oscar Wilde

The personal lives of painters are tragic and inevitable and do not explain the artist. For the artist is his work and no longer…

— Sam Francis

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway

— Robert Rauschenberg

It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.

— Paul Cezanne

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

— Pierre Bonnard

Pictures are spiritual beings. The soul of the painter lives within them.

— Emil Nolde

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at…

— Balthus

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

— Otto Dix

Once my paintings are complete, the model no longer lives in the painting as themselves. I see something bigger, more symbolic - an archetype.

— Amy Sherald