Quotes about Painting

35 quotes about Painting

If painting is a craziness, then it is a sweet craziness...

If painting is a craziness, then it is a sweet craziness which men should not only forgive, but even search.

Quote by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot about painting

Painting is a silent poetry.

Painting is a silent poetry.

Quote by Plutarh about painting

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.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about painting

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a...

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Quote by Aeschylus about painting

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools...

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about painting

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Quote by Albert Camus about painting

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or...

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about painting

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

Quote by Winston Churchill about painting

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the...

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

Quote by Charles Dickens about painting

When the painting is hanging on your wall for a long time, you don't notice it. You get tired of it, even if it's a Picasso. When the next generation inherits the painting, they sell it. I don't want to be sold.

Quote by Julio Iglesias about painting

I can picture things, like a painter would, though I'm...

I can picture things, like a painter would, though I'm not good at painting, either.

Quote by Donald O'Connor about painting

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about painting

My painting carries with it the message of pain.

My painting carries with it the message of pain.

Quote by Frida Kahlo about painting

Painting completed my life.

Painting completed my life.

Quote by Frida Kahlo about painting

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Quote by Rembrandt van Rijn about painting

Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

Quote by Rembrandt van Rijn about painting

In painting you must give the idea of the true by means...

In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.

Quote by Edgar Degas about painting

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very...

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Quote by Edgar Degas about painting

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment

Quote by Claude Monet about painting

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Quote by Paul Cezanne about painting

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