Balance Quote by Wassily Kandinsky

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul, so that it can weigh colours in its own scale and thus…

— Wassily Kandinsky

There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should…

— Paul Cezanne

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

— Paul Cezanne

Color in painting lures the eyes as verses do in poetry.

— Nicolas Poussin

If light is the spiritual quality of painting, color is surely its heart and passion.

— Robert Reynolds

The good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

— Caspar David Friedrich

The mind of a painter should be like a mirror which is filled with as many images as there are things placed before him.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry.

— Nicolas Poussin

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is important that the painting can be inhabited, so that the mind's eye, or the eye's mind, can move about it credibly.

— Bridget Riley