Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint. Votes: 3
Charles Webster HawthorneBe sensitive to the qualities inherent in the medium. Paint honestly and avoid tricks. Votes: 3
John French SloanPaint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman. Votes: 3
Pierre-Auguste RenoirPaint is a very sensual material. It's lovely to work with and lovely to look at. Votes: 3
Glenn LigonPaint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling. Votes: 3
Oliver CromwellIt is difficult to know oneself, but it isn't easy to paint oneself either. Votes: 2
Vincent Van GoghAnyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized. Votes: 2
Adolf HitlerIt took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child. Votes: 2
Pablo PicassoEvery artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Votes: 2
Henry Ward BeecherA ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. Votes: 2
Chester W. NimitzI do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can. Votes: 2
Andy WarholDraw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. Votes: 1
Pierre BonnardAre we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it? Votes: 1
Pablo PicassoI paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. Votes: 1
Frida KahloThe important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing. Votes: 1
John French SloanI decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty. Votes: 1
Georgia O'KeeffeSometimes I just want to sit and write at a clean table and not get paint all over my hands. Votes: 1
Danny FoxYou know how to paint pleasure, cruelty, arrogance in glowing colors. Votes: 0
Leopold von Sacher-MasochArtists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books. Votes: 0
Richard ScarryMost artists are surrealists. ... always dreaming something and then they paint it. Votes: 0
Dong KingmanIt takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint. Votes: 0
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresI can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it. Votes: 0
Wolfgang BeltracchiI wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work Votes: 0
Bill SienkiewiczFilmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint. Votes: 0
Richard LinklaterYou should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoGangbanging is a survival instinct, regardless of how anybody tries to paint it. Votes: 0
Nipsey HussleA painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. Votes: 0
Leopold StokowskiI send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home. Votes: 0
Edward Rowland SillPardon me, my friends, I have ventured to paint my happiness on the wall. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheWhenever I can, I paint the powerful and obvious things in my subject first. Votes: 0
Richard SchmidPeople are so busy polishing their past, that they forget to paint their future. Votes: 0
Himanshu VassanpalArtists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others. Votes: 0
John KurtzRomances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. Votes: 0
Lord ByronThe problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually. Votes: 0
David HockneyActual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface, Votes: 0
Donald JuddI have two pairs of eyes " one to paint and one to take photographs. Votes: 0
Jacques-Henri LartigueAny incentive to paint is as good as any other. There is no poor subject. Votes: 0
Robert MotherwellThe good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciThe way money goes so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it. Votes: 0
Mark RussellMy concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit. Votes: 0
Pierre-Auguste RenoirLet's always try to paint the truth ... our art must be made to mean something. Votes: 0
E.A. BucchianeriYou cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters. Votes: 0
William F. Buckley, Jr.I know I ain't nobody's bargain, but hell a little touchup and a little paint... Votes: 0
Bruce SpringsteenThere are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness ... Votes: 0
Letitia Elizabeth LandonIt's basic research: shoot an arrow in the air. Where it lands, paint a bullseye. Votes: 0
Elizabeth StrebAs a kid, I loved storytelling, and I liked the way rappers would paint pictures. Votes: 0
Jensen KarpSee, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality. Votes: 0
Keith HaringWhy should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier. Votes: 0
Marie LaurencinAnd how to paint your lovely hands, fluttering over the silks like two dark birds? Votes: 0
Elizabeth Borton de TrevinoNobody could paint eyes like El Greco and nobody can paint eyes like Walter Keane. Votes: 0
Walter KeaneApelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping. Votes: 0
James HowellBetter that we leave the paint behind," Hans told her, "than ever forget the music. Votes: 0
Markus ZusakUse your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die. Votes: 0
Yoko OnoWhen I paint, mysterious things happen. What starts with a void ends with a dialogue. Votes: 0
Jeet AulakhI want to paint sunshine and burning golden leaves and blue waters, and laughing faces. Votes: 0
Frederick VarleyI could paint these mountains the way they look, but it isn't how I see them. Votes: 0
Justin BeckettA good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciA good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciLife is a big ol' canvas. And you have every combination of colors to paint with. Votes: 0
Oprah WinfreyI cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves. Votes: 0
Oskar KokoschkaI think the writer's job is to paint the gray because no life is clearly defined. Votes: 0
Andre DubusThe laws of physics is the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece Votes: 0
Dan BrownWhen I paint I am ageless, I just have the pleasure or the difficulty of painting. Votes: 0
Francis BaconFor, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine. Votes: 0
Matthew PriorWhen I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky. Votes: 0
Henri MatisseYou have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go. Votes: 0
Nikos KazantzakisYou've got to tell a story, paint a vision, know your metrics and sell, sell, sell. Votes: 0
Mitch HarperWhen I paint to please other people I tend to lose the free spirit creative edge... Votes: 0
Ted MartinezWhether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeI dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously. Votes: 0
Howard HodgkinTo paint from nature is to realize one's sensations, not to copy what is before one. Votes: 0
J. E. H. MacDonaldAlmost any fool can paint an academy picture, and any imbecile can shoot off a Kodak. Votes: 0
Ezra PoundI don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously. Votes: 0
Howard HodgkinIt is... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing. Votes: 0
E. J. HughesI hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move. Votes: 0
Georgia O'KeeffeIf you're going to paint from photos, make sure you've painted for at least ten years. Votes: 0
John F. CarlsonIf there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. Votes: 0
Pablo PicassoIn my spare time, I paint, garden, hike and enjoy massages for my weary writer's back. Votes: 0
Rolonda WattsThe first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultAlthough I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. Votes: 0
Russell BanksLet me tell you, you can paint pictures and get people indicted for just about anything. Votes: 0
Al D'AmatoAfter a thousand watercolors you will find you have fallen in love with paper and paint. Votes: 0
Rex BrandtI still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running. Votes: 0
Larry WallIt's such an extraordinary supple medium that you never do quite know what paint will do. Votes: 0
Francis BaconWe must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. Votes: 0
Leon Battista AlbertiMy daughter gets to paint my nails and put clips in my hair, and I love it. Votes: 0
Ricardo Antonio ChaviraI have a strange need to paint; if I don't paint I cry and get bad headaches. Votes: 0
Judith Ellen LevyI paint the fog - I think of its fresh moistness - its stillness - its mystery. Votes: 0
Douglas LockwoodI am not metrosexual. I am not macho. I am normal. I don't even wear nail paint. Votes: 0
Arjun RampalIt is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind. Votes: 0
William CongreveEvery time I paint, I throw myself into the water in order to learn how to swim. Votes: 0
Edouard ManetI regret not starting to paint earlier...It is one of the few things I do regret. Votes: 0
Francis BaconLife itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush. Votes: 0
Daniel DennettIf there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible. Votes: 0
Cecil RhodesYou don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them. Votes: 0
Joe DanteOne of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it. Votes: 0
Vincent Van GoghHe knows much of what men paint themselves would blister in the light of what they are." Votes: 0
Edwin Arlington RobinsonI think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places Votes: 0
Lemn SissayWhen I started out, I wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel. But I didn't have the content. Votes: 0
James RosenquistI suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed. Votes: 0
Chantal JoffeI don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day. Votes: 0
Jonathan WintersDirecting is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint. Votes: 0
George ClooneyI arrange my subject as I want it, then I go ahead and paint it, like a child. Votes: 0
Pierre-Auguste RenoirJust to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillI enjoy painting. I don't know if I'm good at it, but I paint. I paint very quickly. Votes: 0
Anthony HopkinsWhat counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms. Votes: 0
Georg BaselitzIf you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaThe thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives. Votes: 0
Louise HayAll you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind. Votes: 0
Bob RossMoral severity in women is only a dress or paint which they use to set off their beauty. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldI can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out. Votes: 0
Kathe KollwitzSing a song, read a poem, paint a picture, hear the music... Rise up and touch the stars Votes: 0
Susan Polis SchutzLet's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there? Votes: 0
Ronnie WoodIt does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people. Votes: 0
George Edward MooreNo, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs. Votes: 0
Charlie HunnamI knew that I must paint not what I saw, but only what was in me, in my soul. Votes: 0
Alexej von JawlenskyI did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin. Votes: 0
Margaret AtwoodAll I can say is that when I paint, I am looking at things that are in the world. Votes: 0
Elizabeth NeelThere is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it. Votes: 0
Arnold FribergAs a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday. Votes: 0
Ashley JensenI photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph Votes: 0
Man Rayyou give me fever from miles around ill pick you up in my car and well paint the toown Votes: 0
Michael JacksonI took it upon myself to paint a better picture of rural life and what it is all about. Votes: 0
Bubba SparxxxIt is better to paint for one minute a day than to think about it for 24 hours a day... Votes: 0
Andrew McDermottThe key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about. Votes: 0
Lee KrasnerI went to the hardware store and bought some used paint. It was in the shape of a house. Votes: 0
Steven WrightTake my verses too serious ya hate me, cause I'm the one to paint a vivid picture, no HD. Votes: 0
DrakeI paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag. Votes: 0
Ralph E. Reed, Jr.My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint. Votes: 0
Wayne ThiebaudYou have to give in to what the paint says... You have to do what it's telling you to do. Votes: 0
Milton Resnickthe French write plays and paint as naturally as we play jazz - it's just a national gift.
Alice B. ToklasThis is less teaching than damage control. You may as well paint a house thatâs on fire.
Chuck PalahniukI guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.
Edward HopperPicasso is the reason why I paint. He is the father figure, who gave me the wish to paint.
Francis BaconMy only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.
Georges RouaultIf a man knows nothing but hard times, he will paint them, for he must be true to himself.
Horace PippinYou curl your hair and paint your face. Not I: I am curled by the wind, painted by the sun.
Julia de BurgosVenus in Furs has caught his soul in the red snares of hair. He will paint her, and go mad.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochAll children paint like geniuses. What do we do to them that so quickly dulls this ability?
Pablo PicassoWe know that madness belongs to love,--what power to paint a vile object in hues of heaven.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.
Ralph AllenThey paint you red before they sacrifice you. It's a different religion from ours - I think.
Ringo StarrYou need to paint with enough assurance and confidence to know you can do whatever you like.
Sara GennHe sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward.
Tanith LeeWho is able to paint the existence of a dog as Picasso paints the existence of a cubic shape?
Franz MarcYou might be a redneck if your vehicle has a two-tone paint job - primer red and primer gray.
Jeff FoxworthyI want the shuffles and echoes, and a certain mysteriousness... It's so bloody hard to paint.
Leland BellMy rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.
Claes OldenburgI paint a mountain - I think of its age - the strata formations or what grows on the mountain.
Douglas LockwoodThe Puerto Rican doctor, who wrote all his prescriptions with spray paint. Never got a dinner!
Red ButtonsI do not believe that the way paint is applied should be more important than what is portrayed.
Burton SilvermanArt isn't just paint and music, art is breaking glass and the sounds we make without realizing.
Joey ComeauThe way I paint, the scale of the information in the images which I want to paint demand space.
Joseph RaffaelCalum offered to paint my nails but I said no because he always uses the wrong shade of purple.
Luke HemmingsDrawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.
Arshile GorkyI just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!
BanksyIf I'm feeling tired, I just say, 'I'm going to paint my nails purple and put some lipstick on!'
Emma WatsonArt - my slats! Guts! Guts! Life! Life! I can paint with a shoe-string dipped in pitch and lard.
George LuksPaint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.
James WhistlerI was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it.
Joni MitchellSitting in the lap of the model you intend to paint never seemed to me to be the ideal location.
Julian GreenTo paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.
Paul CezanneI paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh.
Peter Paul RubensMy problem painting from my life was I found that you can't paint dirt without romanticising it.
Robert GoberOnly at the end of the last stroke of paint, you can begin to wonder what needs to be done next.
Stephen BealDo not try to paint the grandiose thing. Paint the commonplace so that it will be distinguished.
William Merritt ChasePaint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.
Howard PyleI don't (do) the paintings for the money at all. I just love to paint, even if I don't sell them.
Tom SixI'm sorry I didn't wear paint this morning. I tend not to wear it unless I'm getting highly paid.
Tyne DalyWhat makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.
Audrey FlackI'm trying to paint a picture of what I have seen and what moved me, as well as I can. That's all.
Gerhard RichterTo those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!
Hannah MoreI don't think it's possible to write a good play or paint a good picture and be a good Republican.
Marya MannesI paint very directly. I go from top to bottom. When I get to the floor, the painting is finished.
Neil WelliverI am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.
Salvador DaliNever paint epic canvases during the revolution, because the revolutionaries will tear them apart.
Zygmunt BaumanIf one could only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty than the original, why paint at all?
Georgia O'KeeffeIf your life is full, you will paint full pictures. If it is empty, your pictures will be empty too.
Harvey DunnI don't paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what a particular scene looks like.
J. M. W. TurnerThere are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black.
Nathanael Greene HerreshoffIf oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image.
XenophanesI'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything. Votes: 4 David Hockney