Painting Quotes

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

John Milius
- People
- Great
- Writing
Some people would ask: 'You are not the one who does the painting, or shot the work, how can it be your work?' But I was the one who chose which site we should use, and which assistant helps me to do the painting, or the shot.

Liu Bolin
- People
- Work
- Painting

I am at work on a girl. It is quite simple a girl getting up on the edge of her bed and pulling on her stockings. The bed is whitish, and in addition there are white sheets, a white nightdress, a bedside table with a white cover, white curtains and a blue wall. as model for his painting 'Morning', 1884

Edvard Munch
- Up
- Work
- Girl
When I'm painting the picture, I'm really painting a picture. I may have a flat-footed technique, or something like that, but still, to me, the thrill, or the meat of the thing, is the actual painting. I don't get any thrill out of laying it out.

Frank Stella
- May
- Picture
- Painting
Butte was once a grand city. To me, that city is like one big stage for Edward Hopper. You could put your camera anywhere, and you felt you were looking at his paintings.

Wim Wenders
- Painting
- Bigs
If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph.

Bill Jay
- Learn
- Photograph
- Prints
Rock roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting.

Grace Slick Starship
- Rock
- Painting
- Understand
I feel lucky that I've been able to make a living from painting any idea that comes into my head.

James Rosenquist
- Painting