200 Best Painting Quotes To inspire You
200 Best Painting Quotes To inspire You
If you're looking for art quotes, these famous painting quotes are something you'll love!
1. "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
- Edgar Degas
2. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
3. "If only every man who sees my pictures could understand them! But, alas, their meaning lies in a realm transcending intellect." - Claude Monet
4. "The painting must be like the music of Mozart, clear and deep." - Gustav Klimt
5. "Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." - Edgar Degas
6. "Everyone has painting talent; some only a little, some a great deal." - Napoleon Bonaparte
7. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
8. "When painting a picture, you should not try to put in everything. Try to paint as simply as possible and your painting will be all the stronger for it." - Paul Cézanne
9. "To draw the line is very simple, but to paint it in such a way that it comes out looking like a line and not just an unconnected series of points is extremely difficult." - Edgar Degas
10. "When painting a picture I start with an organized chaos and try to end up with a reasonable order." - Jackson Pollock
11. "An artist is a mirror as well as an image; he must reflect the time and also reflect timeless human qualities." - Salvador Dalí
12. "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
- Edgar Degas
13. "To draw the line is very simple, but to paint it in such a way that it comes out looking like a line and not just an unconnected series of points is extremely difficult." - Edgar Degas
14. "A painting reveals a great deal about the artist who made it. You can learn about me from this painting" - Jackson Pollock
15. "If only every man who sees my pictures could understand them! But, alas, their meaning lies in a realm transcending intellect." - Claude Monet
16. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
17. "We come from painting, from art; it is our pallet and our brushes and we're painting our world, painting ourselves." - David Hockney
18. "Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun." - Pablo Picasso
19. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
20. "When painting a picture, you should not try to put in everything. Try to paint as simply as possible and your painting will be all the stronger for it." - Paul Cézanne
21. "All art is quite useless" - Oscar Wilde
22. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
23. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
24. "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies." - Pablo Picasso
25. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
26. "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." - Pablo Picasso
27. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
28. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
29. "In painting, everything is everywhere at all times, even what isn't there." - Pat Steir
30. "One must work and dare if one really wants to live." - Vincent Van Gogh
31. "All painting, of necessity is more or less landscape painting; since painting is but little sister to nature herself and cannot by any possibility aspire to the condition of her august elder, except in so far as she amuses herself and tries new ways and means of presenting nature more conveniently." - Paul Cézanne
32. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
33. "[Art] is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide
34. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served." - Henri Matisse
35. "Painting is just another way of keeping a diary." - Pablo Picasso
36. "Our painting is a natural and vehement protest against the painting of yesterday, and at the same time a desperate effort to get away from painting: painting as we see it once again, but painting something quite different." - Constantin Brâncuși
37. "Art is painting the color of time." - Wassily Kandinsky
38. "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
39. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
40. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
41. "My painting does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible" - Paul Klee
42. "Without art, life would be meaningless." - Yoko Ono
43. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
44. "All painting, of necessity is more or less landscape painting; since painting is but little sister to nature herself and cannot by any possibility aspire to the condition of her august elder, except in so far as she amuses herself and tries new ways and means of presenting nature more conveniently." - Paul Cézanne
45. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
46. "My painting does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible" - Paul Klee
47. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
48. "Without art, life would be an error" - Friedrich Nietzsche
49. "Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." - Frank Zappa
50. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
51. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
52. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
53. "[Art] is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide
54. "All painting, of necessity is more or less landscape painting; since painting is but little sister to nature herself and cannot by any possibility aspire to the condition of her august elder, except in so far as she amuses herself and tries new ways and means of presenting nature more conveniently." - Paul Cézanne
55. "Our painting is a natural and vehement protest against the painting of yesterday, and at the same time a desperate effort to get away from painting: painting as we see it once again, but painting something quite different." - Constantin Brâncuși
56. "Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide
57. "Without art, life would be meaningless." - Yoko Ono
58. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
59. "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
60. "Without art, life would be an error" - Friedrich Nietzsche
61. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
62. "Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth." - Pablo Picasso
63. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
64. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served." - Henri Matisse
65. "My painting does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible" - Paul Klee
66. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
67. "All painting, of necessity is more or less landscape painting; since painting is but little sister to nature herself and cannot by any possibility aspire to the condition of her august elder, except in so far as she amuses herself and tries new ways and means of presenting nature more conveniently." - Paul Cézanne
68. "Without art, life would be a mistake" - Friedrich Nietzsche
69. "To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage." - Georgia O'Keeffe
70. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
71. "In painting you must not look at the painting, and in music you must not listen to the music... The painting will still be there; the music will stop." - Pablo Picasso
72. "Happiness is a new painting or sculpture." - Henry Miller
73. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton
74. "Without art, life would be meaningless" - Yoko Ono
75. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
76. "Infinite riches in a little room." - John Smith to Pocahontas referring to painting by Vermeer
77. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
78. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served." - Henri Matisse
79. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
80. "All painting, of necessity is more or less landscape painting; since painting is but little sister to nature herself and cannot by any possibility aspire to the condition of her august elder, except in so far as she amuses herself and tries new ways and means of presenting nature more conveniently." - Paul Cézanne
81. "Without art, life would be pointless" - Marc Chagall
82. "Nothing is more real than nothing." - Samuel Beckett
83. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
84. "Life is painting, not drawing." - Denis Diderot
85. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served." - Henri Matisse
86. "Without art, life would be an error" - Friedrich Nietzsche
87. "Happiness is painting for you alone, painting as no one else can paint it, painting the things only you perceive in the world around you..." - Wassily Kandinsky
88. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
89. "Life is painting, not drawing." - Denis Diderot
90. "Only painting a picture is living it." - Simone Weil
91. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
92. "Every child is an artist... The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
93. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
94. "In painting there must be something eternal, and distinguishable from what is temporary and mortal in life." - Vincent Van Gogh
95. "Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us." - Jackson Pollock
96. "Art is the objectification of feeling." - George E. Woodberry
97. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
98. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
99. "If painting isn't everything, it's not worth doing at all." - Paul Cézanne
100. "An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it." - Paul Valéry
101. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
102. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
103. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
104. "Every artist was at one time an amateur." - Robert Brault
105. "There is no such thing as good painting about nothing." - Edward Hopper
106. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
107. "No art," said Hazlitt, "was ever so much like prayer as painting," and many artists have found painting a way to spiritual experience.
108. "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." - Twyla Tharp
109. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
110. "No art," said Hazlitt, "was ever so much like prayer as painting," and many artists have found painting a way to spiritual experience.
111. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
112. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
113. "The artist in me cries out for design!" - Langdon Smith
114. "There is no painting without drawing, just as there is no music without notation." - Jorge Luis Borges
115. "Every child is an artist... The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
116. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
117. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
118. "No art," said Hazlitt, "was ever so much like prayer as painting," and many artists have found painting a way to spiritual experience."
119. "I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God." - Henry David Thoreau
120. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
121. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
122. "People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on... But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully." - Steve Jobs
123. "Every child is an artist... The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
124. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
125. "There must be something in painting that provokes a man's thought to such a degree that he would rather invent than remember; painting forces the mind deeper into itself, and draws it on until it is exhausted." - Samuel Johnson
126. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
127. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
128. "Every child is an artist... The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
129. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
130. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
131. "We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do." - Victor Hugo
132. "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
133. "One who views art from the standpoint of pure esthetics might as well make use of a kaleidoscope as an instrument." - Hermann von Helmholtz
134. "I cannot conceive painting without drawing, as I can music without notes." - John Constable
135. "Every child is an artist... The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
136. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
137. "Color creates the essence of form- it speaks before words, telling us moods and truths that lie too deep for speech." - Jules Guerin
138. "All art intuitively apprehends coming changes in the collective feelings, and endeavors to prepare for them and shape them." - Johan Huizinga
139. "All painting is but a copy of nature, and the more perfect the copy, the better the painting" - Leonardo Da Vinci
140. "Every child is an artist... The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
141. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
142. "In painting you must not look at things as they are, but as they were in your imagination" - Giorgione
143. "What art offers to this generation, and what only art can offer, is space- psychological space." - Arthur Miller
144. "A painting is finished when the painter says it is finished." - Henri Matisse
145. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
146. "Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso
147. "Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do what it wants" - Claude Monet
148. "'The picture lives on its own terms' – that's something I've heard Robert Motherwell say – and I think that's true of all painting… painting has to be painting – it doesn't have to be literature or music…. It really has to live on its own terms." - Diane Arbus
149. "There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost." - Martha Graham
150. "Pain painting can never exist for its own sake or be entirely self-justifying. Its meaning exists only in the total act of communication" - Jackson Pollock
151. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
152. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
153. "I cannot conceive painting without drawing, as I can music without notes." - John Constable
154. "Every child is an artist... The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso
155. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
156. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
157. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
158. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
159. "Make no judgments where you have no compassion" - Katherine Anne Porter
160. "I'm painting a picture, and I can't stir without a brush." - Keith Haring
161. "Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at paintings and start looking at facts." - John Ciardi
162. "No painting can be great as a painting unless it is great as a likeness." - Robert S. Lynd
163. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
164. "A painting doesn't have to tell everything that happened, it just has to state what happened in front of the man painting." - Norman Rockwell
165. "By painting [I am] trying to create a mythology for myself." - Francis Bacon
166. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
167. "The painting is all that I know and all that I need to know about painting." - David Salle
168. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
169. "It is painting, not decorating houses or painting pretty landscapes... I don't concern myself with painting beautiful pictures" - Georgia O'Keeffe
170. "You show me a painting and I'll tell you who the painter is." - Arturo De Ascanio
171. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
172. "It's painting in total freedom" - Jean Dubuffet
173. "I think painting is the only thing that when you do it, if you think you've done your best, that's all that matters." - Roy Lichtenstein
174. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
175. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
176. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
177. "Art is not a thing; it is a way." - Elbert Hubbard
178. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
179. "No painting can be great as a painting unless it is great as a likeness." - Robert S. Lynd
180. "Art is an enlargement of everyday life." - Jean Dubuffet
181. "Reality has one contour, art another" - Marc Chagall
182. "A painting isn't finished when the artist says 'It's finished,' but when the painting says it is finished" - Paul Cezanne
183. "Art begins with resistance at the edge of a canvas... painting [is] the art which risks indecency" - Barnett Newman
184. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
185. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
186. "Art is not a thing; it is a way." - Elbert Hubbard
187. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
188. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
189. "I know that painting is not a thing of the past: it's very much alive and must face new challenges." - Pablo Picasso
190. "The painting has a life of its own that must be served" - Henri Matisse
191. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
192. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
193. "I'm painting a picture, and I can't stir without a brush." - Keith Haring
194. "Art is painting what you don't understand." - Joseph Beuys
195. "Art begins with resistance at the edge of a canvas... painting [is] the art which risks indecency" - Barnett Newman
196. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
197. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander
198. "Every painting has two lives: first as an object then as art" - Diane Arbus
199. "I want painting to be like an iceberg; 7/8 underwater; 1/8 on the surface." - Marcel Duchamp
200. "Art begins with resistance at the edge of a canvas... painting [is] the art which risks indecency" - Barnett Newman
201. "[Art] starts with a lump of clay and ends with a monument of the human spirit." - Shana Alexander