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Painting Quotes

I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid Picture Quote #1

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That’s the exception to the rule Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I miss out the morning’s painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open Picture Quote #1

Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue Picture Quote #1

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art Picture Quote #1

Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film - making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly Picture Quote #1

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Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity Picture Quote #1

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask Picture Quote #1

By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in The Frieze of Life Picture Quote #1

This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer’s art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution Picture Quote #1

It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it Picture Quote #1

90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that’s good, suck it up, and drive on Picture Quote #1

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Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other Picture Quote #1

Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched ‘University Challenge.’ The onion was probably the highlight Picture Quote #1

Milos said, you’re my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn’t pay the rent. I said, tell me what I have to do next because I’m busy painting my kitchen Picture Quote #1

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting Picture Quote #1

The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors Picture Quote #1

I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father’s generation Picture Quote #1

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When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it’s more like movie making Picture Quote #1

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if it was the whole audience getting stoned out of their minds getting ready for the Floyd thing or what it was, but it was like playing to a painting Picture Quote #1

Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you’re supposed to put all that aside Picture Quote #1

Painting isn’t made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy Picture Quote #1

Arts is like the power of now. When you’re performing, when you’re playing, when you’re sculpting, painting, it’s that moment. I’m in the moment of my life, and that’s what I love to do Picture Quote #1

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Painting is the chance to create a different space, or different way of picturing a literal stream of images Picture Quote #1

I want it to be more universal than that - like a painter doesn’t have to explain his life story away to justify his painting Picture Quote #1

I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try something Picture Quote #1

I understand - and often make fun of - the desire to run to the wall text before running to the painting Picture Quote #1

For me, preparing the canvas takes longer than painting. The actual painting takes about half an hour Picture Quote #1

Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me Picture Quote #1

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I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid (Painting Quotes) Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That’s the exception to the rule (Painting Quotes) Sometimes I miss out the morning’s painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open (Painting Quotes) Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue (Painting Quotes) When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art (Painting Quotes) Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film - making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly (Painting Quotes) Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity (Painting Quotes) Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask (Painting Quotes) By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in The Frieze of Life (Painting Quotes) This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer’s art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution (Painting Quotes) It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it (Painting Quotes) 90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that’s good, suck it up, and drive on (Painting Quotes) Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other (Painting Quotes) Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched ‘University Challenge.’ The onion was probably the highlight (Painting Quotes) Milos said, you’re my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn’t pay the rent. I said, tell me what I have to do next because I’m busy painting my kitchen (Painting Quotes) Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting (Painting Quotes) The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors (Painting Quotes) I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father’s generation (Painting Quotes) When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it’s more like movie making (Painting Quotes) Painting is damned difficult - you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t (Painting Quotes) I don’t know if it was the whole audience getting stoned out of their minds getting ready for the Floyd thing or what it was, but it was like playing to a painting (Painting Quotes) Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you’re supposed to put all that aside (Painting Quotes) Painting isn’t made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy (Painting Quotes) Arts is like the power of now. When you’re performing, when you’re playing, when you’re sculpting, painting, it’s that moment. I’m in the moment of my life, and that’s what I love to do (Painting Quotes) Painting is the chance to create a different space, or different way of picturing a literal stream of images (Painting Quotes) I want it to be more universal than that - like a painter doesn’t have to explain his life story away to justify his painting (Painting Quotes) I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try something (Painting Quotes) I understand - and often make fun of - the desire to run to the wall text before running to the painting (Painting Quotes) For me, preparing the canvas takes longer than painting. The actual painting takes about half an hour (Painting Quotes) Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me (Painting Quotes)

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