Commonplace Quote by William Merritt Chase

Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.

— Richard Schmid

We may call painting the grandchild of nature.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Give paint a chance to show itself entirely as paint.

— John Marin

It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully as you…

— Helen Van Wyk

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all.

— Alberto Giacometti

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint at all.

— Alberto Giacometti

It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.

— Steven Wright

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

— Henri Matisse

There is never a question of what to paint but only how to paint.

— Robert Ryman

When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.

— Winslow Homer

In the end, it doesn't really matter what you paint. It's all just a routine to connect yourself finally with other people.

— Chris Ofili

I just want to paint and say what I'm going to say.

— Burt Young