Inspirational Quote by William Merritt Chase

It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer…

— Richard Schmid

One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

— Edouard Manet

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one…

— Pierre Bonnard

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

— Caspar David Friedrich

One paints with one's head, not one's hand.

— Michelangelo

More than a process, painting is being possessed...

— Philip Guston

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

— Leonardo da Vinci

One can paint with two colors, and draw with one. Three, or four at most, have for centuries been enough men.

— Henri Michaux

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing…

— Caspar David Friedrich

Give paint a chance to show itself entirely as paint.

— John Marin

The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within…

— Caspar David Friedrich

The artist will have had his revenge for being made to wait, A revenge not only necessary but right and clever-- Simply to leave…

— Donald Justice