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Painting Quotes

If a man has not studied painting, or at any rate black and white drawing, his eyes are wild; learning to draw tames them. The first step towards taming the eyes is to teach them not to see too much Picture Quote #1

Painting is not very difficult when you don’t know how; but when you know, oh! Then, it’s another matter Picture Quote #1

I have always been concerned with painting that simultaneously insists on a flat surface and then denies it Picture Quote #1

With this painting, I tried to make everything breathe faith, quiet suffering, religious and primitive style and great nature with its scream Picture Quote #1

I see the future development of painting taking place in workshops... Not in any holy temple of the arts Picture Quote #1

Polyphonic painting is superior to music in that there, the time element becomes a spatial element. The notion of simultaneity stands out even more richly Picture Quote #1

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What gems of painting or statuary are in the world of art, or what flowers are in the world of nature, are gems of thought to the cultivated and thinking Picture Quote #1

How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals Picture Quote #1

That which probably hears more stupidities than anything else in the world is a painting in a museum Picture Quote #1

One is never tired of painting, because you have to set down, not what you knew already, but what you have just discovered. There is a continual creation out of nothing going on Picture Quote #1

To me, the whole process of being a brushstroke in someone else’s painting is a little difficult Picture Quote #1

The method of painting is the natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement Picture Quote #1

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The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print Picture Quote #1

Acting is like painting pictures on bathroom tissues. Ten minutes later you throw them away and they’re gone Picture Quote #1

Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody else’s house to earn money? You’re working class. Wearing overalls at weekends, painting your own house to save money? You’re middle class Picture Quote #1

Nothing is so improving to the temper as the study of the beauties either of poetry, eloquence, music, or painting Picture Quote #1

The art of painting does not proceed so much by intelligence as by sight and feeling and invention Picture Quote #1

Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions which are not real, and in the other of a true story by fiction Picture Quote #1

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Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful dominion over the passions than the art of painting Picture Quote #1

Style in painting is the same as in writing, a power over materials, whether words or colors Picture Quote #1

Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing Picture Quote #1

Well, I’ve been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple Picture Quote #1

The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive Picture Quote #1

The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief Picture Quote #1

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Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music Picture Quote #1

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people Picture Quote #1

Painting is such an individual profession. I’m not performing. There’s no audience Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to get hot over a painting; there’s no equivalent for teenage obsessiveness. Art obsession is ideology. Ideology can be made sexy, but it’s easier in music Picture Quote #1

I’ve had a fan who made a painting of my face with her fingers. I have put it up in my room. It was sweet and very different Picture Quote #1

Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes Picture Quote #1

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If a man has not studied painting, or at any rate black and white drawing, his eyes are wild; learning to draw tames them. The first step towards taming the eyes is to teach them not to see too much (Painting Quotes) Painting is not very difficult when you don’t know how; but when you know, oh! Then, it’s another matter (Painting Quotes) I have always been concerned with painting that simultaneously insists on a flat surface and then denies it (Painting Quotes) With this painting, I tried to make everything breathe faith, quiet suffering, religious and primitive style and great nature with its scream (Painting Quotes) I see the future development of painting taking place in workshops... Not in any holy temple of the arts (Painting Quotes) Polyphonic painting is superior to music in that there, the time element becomes a spatial element. The notion of simultaneity stands out even more richly (Painting Quotes) What gems of painting or statuary are in the world of art, or what flowers are in the world of nature, are gems of thought to the cultivated and thinking (Painting Quotes) How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals (Painting Quotes) That which probably hears more stupidities than anything else in the world is a painting in a museum (Painting Quotes) One is never tired of painting, because you have to set down, not what you knew already, but what you have just discovered. There is a continual creation out of nothing going on (Painting Quotes) To me, the whole process of being a brushstroke in someone else’s painting is a little difficult (Painting Quotes) The method of painting is the natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement (Painting Quotes) The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print (Painting Quotes) Acting is like painting pictures on bathroom tissues. Ten minutes later you throw them away and they’re gone (Painting Quotes) Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody else’s house to earn money? You’re working class. Wearing overalls at weekends, painting your own house to save money? You’re middle class (Painting Quotes) Nothing is so improving to the temper as the study of the beauties either of poetry, eloquence, music, or painting (Painting Quotes) The art of painting does not proceed so much by intelligence as by sight and feeling and invention (Painting Quotes) Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions which are not real, and in the other of a true story by fiction (Painting Quotes) Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful dominion over the passions than the art of painting (Painting Quotes) Style in painting is the same as in writing, a power over materials, whether words or colors (Painting Quotes) Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing (Painting Quotes) Well, I’ve been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple (Painting Quotes) The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive (Painting Quotes) The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief (Painting Quotes) Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music (Painting Quotes) Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people (Painting Quotes) Painting is such an individual profession. I’m not performing. There’s no audience (Painting Quotes) It’s hard to get hot over a painting; there’s no equivalent for teenage obsessiveness. Art obsession is ideology. Ideology can be made sexy, but it’s easier in music (Painting Quotes) I’ve had a fan who made a painting of my face with her fingers. I have put it up in my room. It was sweet and very different (Painting Quotes) Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes (Painting Quotes)

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