Courage Quote by Vincent van Gogh

If you hear a voice within you saying, You are not a painter, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.

— Vincent Van Gogh

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

— Vincent Van Gogh

If you hear a voice within you say you can not paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced…

— Melchor Lim

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

— Saša Stanišić

What I say to an artist is, 'When you can't paint - paint.

— Joyce Cary

“But nobody listens to artists any more. Paint cannot stop progress, only color it.”

— Michael Walterich

“What good is it being a painter if you can't paint yourself?”

— Gregory Maguire

To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.

— Louise Bourgeois

Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.

— Barnett Newman

Painting is an unspoken and largely unrecognized dialogue, where paint speaks silently in masses and colors and the artist responds in moods.

— James Elkins

“Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the painter who dares and who has broken the…

— Vincent van Gogh

“If you’re to choose to paint your life today... What will it be? Remember, you’re the artist, not the canvas.”

— Val Uchendu