- Lot
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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
- Good Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, 'I could do that.' They said, 'Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.'
- Nov 07, 2020
When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it's a good time to start painting.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel lucky that I've been able to make a living from painting any idea that comes into my head.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stick the collages on the wall and, if I still like them after a month or two, I make a painting.
- Commonly
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- Nov 07, 2020
The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, writing and composing are much more like painting, about colors and brushes; I don't use a computer when I write, and I don't use a piano. I'm at a desk writing, and it's very broad strokes and notes as colors on a palette.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientifically, information is a choice - a yes-or-no choice. In a broader sense, information is everything that informs our world - writing, painting, music, money.
- Art Forms
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a super creative person and have always loved drawing and painting since I was super young, but makeup was a new avenue for me.
- Leaf
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started experimenting with jewelry in my 20s - I was playing around with gemstones and painting things in gold leaf, and it turned into this huge obsession for me, so I launched my first jewelry line, Jade Inc.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020