Painting Quotes - Page 4

To talk about paintings is not only difficult but perhaps pointless too. You can only express in words what words are capable of expressing-- what language can communicate. Painting has nothing to do with that.

There is neither painting, nor sculpture, nor music, nor poetry. The only truth is creation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Painting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself; it is a medium of thought. Thus painting, like music, tends to become its own content.

I paint my own reality.

Writing is the painting of the voice.

A painting is not made to be sniffed.

I like a painting which makes me want to stroll in it.

I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.