Painting Quotes
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Of course painting is ridiculous. But it’s the only way I've got to get closer to life.
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If I keep coming back to a painting and there's a little something that bothers me, I know I'm not going to get away with it. I'm going to have to fix it, change it, whatever it is, to something that I'm comfortable with, that doesn't make me itch when I look at it.
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Each of us is a small part of God's plan. I'm a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God.
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Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account of its oblique position under the light.
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People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.
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Yes, I abandoned everything. Painting required it. It was all or nothing.
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In the landscape, colors are more neutral than you may think. Pay close attention to this. Small areas of rich color can make the whole painting look colorful.
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In some exquisite critical hints on "Eurythmy," Goethe remarks, "that the best composition in pictures is that which, observing the most delicate laws of harmony, so arranges the objects that they by their position tell their own story." And the rule thus applied to composition in painting applies no less to composition in literature.
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I had the desire to paint the figure without actually painting the figure.
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I'm in a foul mood as I'm making stupid mistakes... This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having done about twenty sessions on it; it had to be thoroughly scraped away... what a rage I was in!
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All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary supports, in the same way that it includes chiaroscuro, proportion, and perspective.
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I have sworn to die painting.
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Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing!
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Photography brought a lot to painting because it forced artists to think about what painting could do that photography couldn't.
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Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Why do we feel alone? Why are we sad and confused? Why do we read poetry? Why do we cry when we see a painting? Why is there a riot in the heart when we love? Why do we feel shame? What is that thing in the pit of your stomach called desire?
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I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. Unfortunately, Rembrandt made lousy violins and Stradivarius was a terrible painter.
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I see the possibilities of a new kind of painting. With free surfaces, the goal I was always steering towards.
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I used to use a lot of words in the paintings but stopped because it created a narrative - or an answer to a question.
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These are things that I continue to enjoy speaking about. The woods. Boats. Greeks. I think the real heart of it, is really being in love with these Dutch paintings over the last several years.
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If you start a painting and you don't like where it's going, don't give up on it. Just keep going and follow through. You might be surprised how it ends up.
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I paint very directly. I go from top to bottom. When I get to the floor, the painting is finished.
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I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates.
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On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several.
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There is an aesthetic excitement about painting which is one of the most beautiful experiences that can be. Put things down while you feel that joy.
