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Painting Quotes

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

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

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

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock Picture Quote #1

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create Picture Quote #1

Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider Picture Quote #1

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All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting Picture Quote #1

Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That’s the thing about painting, photography, cinema Picture Quote #1

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own Picture Quote #1

I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness Picture Quote #1

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition Picture Quote #1

When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting Picture Quote #1

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it Picture Quote #1

Now why should the cinema follow the forms of theater and painting rather than the methodology of language, which allows wholly new concepts of ideas to arise from the combination of two concrete denotations of two concrete objects? Picture Quote #1

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see Picture Quote #1

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again Picture Quote #1

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else Picture Quote #1

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My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature Picture Quote #1

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature Picture Quote #1

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum Picture Quote #1

If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did not seek. It is something that may be found afterwards, and which can be interpreted according to taste Picture Quote #1

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly Picture Quote #1

I can tell really early on in a painting if I’m going to toss it or not Picture Quote #1

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I don’t get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet Picture Quote #1

I can’t think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul Picture Quote #1

The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication Picture Quote #1

Basic research is like shooting an arrow in the air and, where it lands, painting a target Picture Quote #1

What could be said about me... a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well Picture Quote #1

I am out to introduce a psychic shock into my painting, one that is always motivated by pictorial reasoning: that is to say, a fourth dimension 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 (Painting 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 (Painting Quotes) Painting it's a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels (Painting Quotes) I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock (Painting Quotes) I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create (Painting Quotes) Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider (Painting Quotes) All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting (Painting Quotes) Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That’s the thing about painting, photography, cinema (Painting Quotes) I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own (Painting Quotes) I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness (Painting Quotes) No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition (Painting Quotes) When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing (Painting Quotes) I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting (Painting Quotes) Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it (Painting Quotes) Now why should the cinema follow the forms of theater and painting rather than the methodology of language, which allows wholly new concepts of ideas to arise from the combination of two concrete denotations of two concrete objects? (Painting Quotes) Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see (Painting Quotes) Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again (Painting Quotes) When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else (Painting Quotes) My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature (Painting Quotes) My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature (Painting Quotes) Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum (Painting Quotes) If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did not seek. It is something that may be found afterwards, and which can be interpreted according to taste (Painting Quotes) I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly (Painting Quotes) I can tell really early on in a painting if I’m going to toss it or not (Painting Quotes) I don’t get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet (Painting Quotes) I can’t think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul (Painting Quotes) The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication (Painting Quotes) Basic research is like shooting an arrow in the air and, where it lands, painting a target (Painting Quotes) What could be said about me... a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well (Painting Quotes) I am out to introduce a psychic shock into my painting, one that is always motivated by pictorial reasoning: that is to say, a fourth dimension (Painting Quotes)

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