Abraham Quote by William Hazlitt

Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour," she'd ask us, "when in the same amount of time,…

— Jeannette Walls

Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.

— Maurice de Vlaminck

Love a painting once craved that gets farther and farther away by the day...

— Mariana Fulger

I am glad you encouraged me with the 'Stoke' [his painting 'Stoke-by-Nayland', circa 1835] What say you to a summer morning? July or August,…

— John Constable

“Painted Things I love my work and take pains with it. But today I find the slow pace of composition discouraging. The weather has…

— Constantinos P. Cavafis

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.

— Eugene Delacroix

“Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.”

— Jeannette Walls

I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it.

— Harold Town

If I've learned anything through all of this, it's that each and every day is a canvas waiting to be painted - an opportunity…

— Craig Sager

I fell in love with painting. Painting allows me to see things as I want to and not necessarily as they are, it's an…

— Pittacus Lore

“Painting has to do with knocking yourself out day after day trying to get what you want to down on canvas. Maybe it works…

— Zibby Oneal

I have a Damien Hirst spot painting which I love. It has pride of place over my dining-room table.

— Cat Deeley