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Painting Quotes: "A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask."

A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.



Painting Quotes: "All art is bad, but modern art is the worst."

All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.




Painting Quotes: "I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect."

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.



Painting Quotes: "For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film."

For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.




Painting Quotes: "You can't sweeten the well by painting the pump."

You can't sweeten the well by painting the pump.



Painting Quotes: "I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting."

I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting.



Painting Quotes: "If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think."

If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think.




Painting Quotes: "You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame."

You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.



Painting Quotes: "Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion."

Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion.



Painting Quotes: "The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting."

The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.



Painting Quotes: "I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation."

I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation.



Painting Quotes: "Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life."

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.




Painting Quotes: "There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating."

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.



Painting Quotes: "I've just kept on ceaselessly painting in order to learn painting."

I've just kept on ceaselessly painting in order to learn painting.



Painting Quotes: "People know that I always do my hair and makeup, but I also love doing crafts. I love getting a blank canvas and painting something."

People know that I always do my hair and makeup, but I also love doing crafts. I love getting a blank canvas and painting something.



Painting Quotes: "I consider painting as a means of expression, not as a goal."

I consider painting as a means of expression, not as a goal.



Painting Quotes: "No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime."

No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime.



Painting Quotes: "It is important that the painting can be inhabited, so that the mind's eye, or the eye's mind, can move about it credibly."

It is important that the painting can be inhabited, so that the mind's eye, or the eye's mind, can move about it credibly.



Painting Quotes: "Only talent interests me in paintings and books. Not general ideas, but the individual contribution."

Only talent interests me in paintings and books. Not general ideas, but the individual contribution.



Painting Quotes: "A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image."

A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.



Painting Quotes: "The expressive techniques of painting are capable of conveying an analogy but not an impossible photograph of a moment."

The expressive techniques of painting are capable of conveying an analogy but not an impossible photograph of a moment.



Painting Quotes: "People say, Why dont you just paint with paintbrushes? I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. Its very tribal in a way - savage!"

People say, Why dont you just paint with paintbrushes? I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. Its very tribal in a way - savage!



Painting Quotes: "And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done"

And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done



Painting Quotes: "The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting."

The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.



Painting Quotes: "To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting."

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting.



Painting Quotes: "To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery."

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.



Painting Quotes: "Ever since I started painting, I have tried to get the fluidity and surprise of image connection, the simultaneity of film montage, into painting."

Ever since I started painting, I have tried to get the fluidity and surprise of image connection, the simultaneity of film montage, into painting.



Painting Quotes: "Sometimes it is best to burn paintings that just don't burn."

Sometimes it is best to burn paintings that just don't burn.



Painting Quotes: "When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man."

When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.



Painting Quotes: "There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art."

There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art.



Painting Quotes: "Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless."

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.



Painting Quotes: "It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive."

It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.



Painting Quotes: "I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don't know nor can I do anything else."

I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don't know nor can I do anything else.



Painting Quotes: "Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software."

Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software.



Painting Quotes: "Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding."

Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.



Painting Quotes: "I don't think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes."

I don't think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes.



Painting Quotes: "I stopped painting, not because I didn't like painting; the sensuality of it was fun. But I wasn't able to get to the point I wanted to."

I stopped painting, not because I didn't like painting; the sensuality of it was fun. But I wasn't able to get to the point I wanted to.



Painting Quotes: "Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches. I search constantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research."

Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches. I search constantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research.



Painting Quotes: "When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else."

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.



Painting Quotes: "In Holland, everyone is an expert in painting and in tulips."

In Holland, everyone is an expert in painting and in tulips.



Painting Quotes: "Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons."

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.



Painting Quotes: "The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting."

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.



Painting Quotes: "I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find a way to make a painting that encapsulates it."

I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find a way to make a painting that encapsulates it.



Painting Quotes: "Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas."

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.



Painting Quotes: "Photography and writing are marvelous distractions from painting. I might even have found movies more interesting than photography. I tried it a bit, but not enough."

Photography and writing are marvelous distractions from painting. I might even have found movies more interesting than photography. I tried it a bit, but not enough.



Painting Quotes: "I have no education, I have no academic background in painting or in music, but I write music and I compose music and I write and I sell paintings, and my rule is, well, they can't arrest me."

I have no education, I have no academic background in painting or in music, but I write music and I compose music and I write and I sell paintings, and my rule is, well, they can't arrest me.



Painting Quotes: "One minute you're bleeding. The next minute you're hemorrhaging. The next minute you're painting the Mona Lisa."

One minute you're bleeding. The next minute you're hemorrhaging. The next minute you're painting the Mona Lisa.



Painting Quotes: "I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be."

I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be.



Painting Quotes: "A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings."

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.