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Painting Quotes

When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time be it current events, the books I am reading, personal events, influences, emotions, etc. all find their way into my work Picture Quote #1

Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work Picture Quote #1

Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be better than the last. For me, success is about this, seeing the slow progress in my work Picture Quote #1

I think half the point of painting a picture is that you don’t know what will happen... that if painters did know what was going to happen they wouldn’t bother to do it Picture Quote #1

I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it Picture Quote #1

You know how fussy and particular I am in painting. I am ever removing the paint and repainting the spot until I am completely exhausted Picture Quote #1

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When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works Picture Quote #1

I don’t think it’s necessary for artists to have any formal training in painting or art history, but I do think it’s essential to continually experiment with different subject matter, types of paint and methods of painting Picture Quote #1

No matter what medium I’m using, or what subject I’m painting, I do retain a fairly set approach to painting Picture Quote #1

After 20 years of painting wildlife subjects in acrylic, I felt the need for a change and began to explore portraiture and landscape in oils Picture Quote #1

A painting is finished when to have done less would be considered a sin and more a crime Picture Quote #1

Painting is still to a great extent dominated by a central image; corners in most cases are like uninvited guests at a party, uneasy and unattended Picture Quote #1

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Everything... has to be resolved through rhythms. You’re constantly massaging each form, trying to get it home, pushing further and further until these all coalesce into a marvellous kind of rhythm that reveals the life of the painting Picture Quote #1

Make a small painting of what you want to do... and project it up on a white wall... The enlarged version is so changed that there is no way of just visualizing it in the brain... It’s a whole new dimension in painting Picture Quote #1

I almost never do drawings, because I have found over the years that doing something in one medium and translating into another doesn’t work. I like to conceive a painting in real scale and in color Picture Quote #1

If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously... and take seriously the joys that it can bring to one, then you want to go to museums. You want to study the great of the past Picture Quote #1

I don’t think it’s wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn’t truly there, the painting will lack power Picture Quote #1

My studio is arranged so that I have a comfortable seating area for meeting with clients, an office area beyond that and a painting area, which includes room for art students to sit and watch as I work Picture Quote #1

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The older I get, the more I feel that color is what painting is. Painting is primarily color Picture Quote #1

Color is a language. It is the language of painting. How painting expresses itself is in large part with color Picture Quote #1

With all its variety and liveliness, color acts in the work of art as blood does as it circulates through our bodies. Color is what keeps the painting alive and moving Picture Quote #1

I like the idea of the painting looking at the viewer than the other way around Picture Quote #1

I strive to make the next painting better than the last one. That’s why the most exciting thing to me is the next one Picture Quote #1

A good landscape painting is not just a demonstration of competent application of paint. It must offer a feeling of homage to the subject Picture Quote #1

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Poetry and painting continue to be companions: they cast their shadow and light, their silences and tones, at the edges of each other Picture Quote #1

The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting Picture Quote #1

Painting several comparative images is a profitable way to begin to understand the concept of content Picture Quote #1

Only the four corners of the background remained. It was terribly difficult to fix my eyes on all of them at the same time. My experience was that the most difficult thing of all in art is painting in all four corners at the same time Picture Quote #1

There are quite a lot of people asking for a painting so I’m not able to fulfil all their wishes. And this gives me a lot of freedom, because if I cannot please them at all I don’t have to start to try Picture Quote #1

People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it Picture Quote #1

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When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time be it current events, the books I am reading, personal events, influences, emotions, etc. all find their way into my work (Painting Quotes) Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work (Painting Quotes) Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be better than the last. For me, success is about this, seeing the slow progress in my work (Painting Quotes) I think half the point of painting a picture is that you don’t know what will happen... that if painters did know what was going to happen they wouldn’t bother to do it (Painting Quotes) I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it (Painting Quotes) You know how fussy and particular I am in painting. I am ever removing the paint and repainting the spot until I am completely exhausted (Painting Quotes) When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works (Painting Quotes) I don’t think it’s necessary for artists to have any formal training in painting or art history, but I do think it’s essential to continually experiment with different subject matter, types of paint and methods of painting (Painting Quotes) No matter what medium I’m using, or what subject I’m painting, I do retain a fairly set approach to painting (Painting Quotes) After 20 years of painting wildlife subjects in acrylic, I felt the need for a change and began to explore portraiture and landscape in oils (Painting Quotes) A painting is finished when to have done less would be considered a sin and more a crime (Painting Quotes) Painting is still to a great extent dominated by a central image; corners in most cases are like uninvited guests at a party, uneasy and unattended (Painting Quotes) Everything... has to be resolved through rhythms. You’re constantly massaging each form, trying to get it home, pushing further and further until these all coalesce into a marvellous kind of rhythm that reveals the life of the painting (Painting Quotes) Make a small painting of what you want to do... and project it up on a white wall... The enlarged version is so changed that there is no way of just visualizing it in the brain... It’s a whole new dimension in painting (Painting Quotes) I almost never do drawings, because I have found over the years that doing something in one medium and translating into another doesn’t work. I like to conceive a painting in real scale and in color (Painting Quotes) If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously... and take seriously the joys that it can bring to one, then you want to go to museums. You want to study the great of the past (Painting Quotes) I don’t think it’s wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn’t truly there, the painting will lack power (Painting Quotes) My studio is arranged so that I have a comfortable seating area for meeting with clients, an office area beyond that and a painting area, which includes room for art students to sit and watch as I work (Painting Quotes) The older I get, the more I feel that color is what painting is. Painting is primarily color (Painting Quotes) Color is a language. It is the language of painting. How painting expresses itself is in large part with color (Painting Quotes) With all its variety and liveliness, color acts in the work of art as blood does as it circulates through our bodies. Color is what keeps the painting alive and moving (Painting Quotes) I like the idea of the painting looking at the viewer than the other way around (Painting Quotes) I strive to make the next painting better than the last one. That’s why the most exciting thing to me is the next one (Painting Quotes) A good landscape painting is not just a demonstration of competent application of paint. It must offer a feeling of homage to the subject (Painting Quotes) Poetry and painting continue to be companions: they cast their shadow and light, their silences and tones, at the edges of each other (Painting Quotes) The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting (Painting Quotes) Painting several comparative images is a profitable way to begin to understand the concept of content (Painting Quotes) Only the four corners of the background remained. It was terribly difficult to fix my eyes on all of them at the same time. My experience was that the most difficult thing of all in art is painting in all four corners at the same time (Painting Quotes) There are quite a lot of people asking for a painting so I’m not able to fulfil all their wishes. And this gives me a lot of freedom, because if I cannot please them at all I don’t have to start to try (Painting Quotes) People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it (Painting Quotes)

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