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Painter Quotes

The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world Picture Quote #1

Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist Picture Quote #1

I'm Bill Allred, Painter of Light Picture Quote #1

The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many Picture Quote #1

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas Picture Quote #1

Painting it's a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels Picture Quote #1

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It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work Picture Quote #1

Style is often something which locks the painter into the same vision, the same technique, the same formula during years and years, sometimes during one’s whole lifetime Picture Quote #1

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more Picture Quote #1

My mother said to me, if you become a soldier you'll be a general; if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso Picture Quote #1

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language Picture Quote #1

This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion Picture Quote #1

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The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself Picture Quote #1

Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine Picture Quote #1

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture Picture Quote #1

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other Picture Quote #1

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings Picture Quote #1

I didn’t do so well in the academic world, so I think the only way I could express myself was through visual art - anything I could get my hands on, whether it was glassblowing, sculpture, painting, or photography. I always wanted to be a painter. Or a farmer Picture Quote #1

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Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood, metal, stone, or clay to the sculptor Picture Quote #1

Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers Picture Quote #1

A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive Picture Quote #1

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art Picture Quote #1

The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else Picture Quote #1

I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art Picture Quote #1

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There are two ways for a painter: the broad and easy one or the narrow and hard one Picture Quote #1

Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without his work suffering impoverishment Picture Quote #1

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free Picture Quote #1

It isn’t up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them Picture Quote #1

The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition Picture Quote #1

Photographers, along with dentists, are the two professions never satisfied with what they do. Every dentist would like to be a doctor and inside every photographer is a painter trying to get out Picture Quote #1

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The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world (Painter Quotes) Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist (Painter Quotes) I'm Bill Allred, Painter of Light (Painter Quotes) The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many (Painter Quotes) A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas (Painter Quotes) Painting it's a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels (Painter Quotes) It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work (Painter Quotes) Style is often something which locks the painter into the same vision, the same technique, the same formula during years and years, sometimes during one’s whole lifetime (Painter Quotes) I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more (Painter Quotes) My mother said to me, if you become a soldier you'll be a general; if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso (Painter Quotes) As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language (Painter Quotes) This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion (Painter Quotes) The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself (Painter Quotes) Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine (Painter Quotes) To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture (Painter Quotes) There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other (Painter Quotes) The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings (Painter Quotes) I didn’t do so well in the academic world, so I think the only way I could express myself was through visual art - anything I could get my hands on, whether it was glassblowing, sculpture, painting, or photography. I always wanted to be a painter. Or a farmer. (Painter Quotes) Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood, metal, stone, or clay to the sculptor (Painter Quotes) Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers (Painter Quotes) A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive (Painter Quotes) I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art (Painter Quotes) The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else (Painter Quotes) I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art (Painter Quotes) There are two ways for a painter: the broad and easy one or the narrow and hard one (Painter Quotes) Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without his work suffering impoverishment (Painter Quotes) Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free (Painter Quotes) It isn’t up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them (Painter Quotes) The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition (Painter Quotes) Photographers, along with dentists, are the two professions never satisfied with what they do. Every dentist would like to be a doctor and inside every photographer is a painter trying to get out (Painter Quotes)

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