"Around 1980, I went back to painting with a vengeance."

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"Around 1980, I went back to painting with a vengeance."

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"Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Painting,

"Painting n: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Painting, Art, Criticism, Humor

"If you scratch a great photograph, you find two things; a painting and a photograph."

Janet Malcolm, American Writer

Painting,

"The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand."

Yves Tanguy, French Artist

Painting, Eyes, Liberty, Reason

"I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Painting, Reputation

"I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me."

Jackie DeShannon, American Musician

Painting, Want, Will

"I found I have to stay painting."

Alan Bean, American Astronaut

Painting,

"Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Painting, Sculpture

"The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century."

Balthus, French Artist

Painting,

"You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself."

Pierre Bonnard, French Artist

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"To be able to get up and be in my studio and work all day is a great joy."

Work

"Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble."

Ability

"I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time."

Time

"A cult following is a nice way of saying very few people like you."

People

"It seems like the opportunity just increases exponentially. There doesn't seem to be much stopping."

Opportunity

"I kind of just lucked into and fell into the other profession. It was really just an outgrowth of the fact that when I was in art school, I had no money whatsoever."

Art

"It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me more time to paint."

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"Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed."

"Painting n: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic."

"If you scratch a great photograph, you find two things; a painting and a photograph."

"The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand."

"I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting."

"I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me."

"I found I have to stay painting."

"Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture."

"The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century."

"You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself."

Explore more quotes by Martin Mull

"To be able to get up and be in my studio and work all day is a great joy."

"Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble."

"I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time."

"A cult following is a nice way of saying very few people like you."

"It seems like the opportunity just increases exponentially. There doesn't seem to be much stopping."

"I kind of just lucked into and fell into the other profession. It was really just an outgrowth of the fact that when I was in art school, I had no money whatsoever."

"It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me more time to paint."

"Show business is just like high school, except you get paid."

"Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain."

"I've been doing it all along, ever since I got out of art school."