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Painting Quotes

"My painting does not come from the easel."

"My painting does not come from the easel."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

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"Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation."

"Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation."

Philip Guston, American Artist

Painting, State

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"Painting is a hobby for me."

"Painting is a hobby for me."

Renee O'Connor, American Actress

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"Writing and Painting are the same for me."

"Writing and Painting are the same for me."

Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant

Painting, Writing

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"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."

"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."

Kit Williams, British Author

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"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."

"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

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"In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting."

"In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting."

Viggo Mortensen, American Actor

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

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

Janet Malcolm, American Writer

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

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

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Painting, Sculpture

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"It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president."

"It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

Painting, President, Right

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"We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes."

"We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes."

Konstantin Stanislavisky, Russian Actor

Painting, Perspective, Sound, Speech

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"Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting."

"Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting."

Tom Wolfe, American Journalist

Painting, Theory

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"I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to know or explore enough of the possibilities and a way of making a painting, say, in just one painting or two paintings."

"I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to know or explore enough of the possibilities and a way of making a painting, say, in just one painting or two paintings."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

Painting, Possibilities, Want

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"He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting."

"He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

Painting, Realism, Right

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"A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere."

"A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere."

Frank Stella, American Artist

Painting, Sculpture

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"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'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

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"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."

"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

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"Every song is like a painting."

"Every song is like a painting."

Dick Dale, American Musician

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"It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world."

"It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

Painting, Paris, Present, Research

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

"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

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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."

"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

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

"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

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"A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

"A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Painting, Philosophy, Art, Expression

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"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it."

"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it."

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Painting, Art, Darkness, Light, Creativity

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