Ancient Quote by William Baziotes

When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close…

— Chris Ofili

A great painting is something that you can come back to again and again.

— Bryce Dessner

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few...

— LeRoy Neiman

At a certain point, I had so much artwork that I decided to respect the art and present them in a nice way, not…

— Iliza Shlesinger

In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in Catholic dogma…

— Colm Toibin

I underwent a whole process of slowly letting go of idiosyncrasies and habits and embellishments and everything extraneous to the essentials that I'm unwilling…

— Caio Fonseca

One of my favorite paintings I've done happened after I broke up with a boyfriend.

— Carly Chaikin

I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good…

— Claude Monet

A little part of my life is built around ancient art.

— Michael Steinhardt

“You see one painting, I see another, the art book puts it at another remove still, the lady buying the greeting card at the…

— Donna Tartt

And yes, there are things I want to keep, that I like around me - especially when there's very little left. I just want…

— Robert Barry

I have a painter's memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back.

— Paula Fox