Demand Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Painting demands an intelligent model.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Remember He is the artist and you are the picture. You can’t see it, you can't see your true self. So quietly submit to…

— C. S. Lewis

If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather…

— Ben Shahn

Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful.

— Sidney Nolan

The picture is all he feels about it, all he thinks worth preserving of it, all he invests it with. If all the qualities…

— Lucian Freud

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

— Kehinde Wiley

A man posing for a painting.

— David Hume

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

— Caspar David Friedrich

I prefer you to take as your model a mediocre sculpture rather than an excellent painting, for from painted objects we train our hand…

— Leon Battista Alberti

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

— Otto Dix

The artist need not know very much, best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

— Emil Nolde