- Appeared
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- Nov 07, 2020
Painting Quotes
Reflections on painting, artistic unity, and building something new.
These quotes look at painting from a few angles - the idea that a piece should speak for itself, and the Bauhaus-era dream of folding painting into one shared creative discipline alongside sculpture and architecture. For more, browse Art quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope to actually get back to painting someday... soon. I sort of transitioned into cartooning from painting.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had tried painting, mostly to give myself a greater appreciation of the craft and to inform how I looked at paintings. That led to collaging some of the work I had done on paper, and I found myself mixing in found pieces as well.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved painting and drawing. I wish I'd developed it more and exhibited.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020