Paint Quotes - Page 6

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint at all.

If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it.

Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.

There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is bluffing and getting through a smattering of surface representation with no meaning.

Without ethical consciousness, a painter is only a decorator.

A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god.

What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince.

I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it.

Painting is situational. And my particular situation exists within gender, race, class, sexuality, nation.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.

The real subject of every painting is light.

I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.

Those who are compelled to paint by force, without being in the necessary mood, can produce only ungainly works, because this profession requires an unruffled temper.

Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.

Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible – and I make use of painting to render thoughts visible.

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.

For me making a digital photo is like making a watercolor... It's not a painting, and it's not a photo. It's something altogether new.

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.

My inspiration came from the land, ... and, of course, from Paul Klee . . . and the poetics of his paintings.

If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did not seek. It is something that may be found afterwards, and which can be interpreted according to taste.

Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.