Painting Quotes

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. Steven Pinker
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Every writer has their rituals. For me, it's morning walks along the beach. And then, in my study I have a huge painting of the Black Madonna hung over my desk, and quite a few pictures of Mary around me for inspiration. Sue Monk Kidd
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I sent an ex of mine an enormous oil painting of me as a housewarming gift. It was one of the most elaborate and time-consuming practical jokes I've ever done. Sue Perkins
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Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you. Susan Minot
Me You Travel Sometimes Painting Aimless Way Those Some Thrilling Mainly New Occupied Foreign Least Impressions Overwhelm Place Register Moments Even Keeps
To feel the grace of God in a painting of the dear, quiet commonness of a domestic interior, or in a landscape, seascape, cityscape, trains us to feel the grace of God in the thing itself in situ. Susan Vreeland
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The idea of being close to where pigments were mined - that's the first thing in making a painting, getting the material. And what's the last thing you do in making a painting? You put a frame around it. Susan Vreeland
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To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul. Susan Vreeland
Art Me Soul Painting Say Eye Both Poetry Feed Feeds Begets Just Which Ear
I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way. Sydney Pollack
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Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment. Sylvester Stallone
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My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that. Taika Waititi
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free. Takeshi Kitano
People Joy Free Painting Sold Give Rather Never Sheer Any Them Paint Paintings
I'm quite a precious painter; my style is a messy fine art - sort of impressionist. I do portraits, I love painting other artists, but recently, I've been playing around with self portraits, putting on different characters. Tali Lennox
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I'm in a really nice position because I can be selective with the modeling jobs that I do and just work with brands I'm passionate about. The two worlds balance out nicely for me because modeling is so social - it has travel, you meet people, it's extroverted. Whereas painting is very solitary - when I paint, I'm kind of in my own world. Tali Lennox
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My latest decorating obsession is dipping - like painting the bottom of things. I've done it to almost every terra-cotta pot in my house. Every African vase I have is painted gold on the bottom. It's so fun and easy, and it instantly livens up a piece. You feel like you've really accomplished something. Tamara Taylor
You Painting Every Latest Easy Dipping Pot Something Vase Bottom Instantly Almost Feel Obsession Like Piece House Accomplished Up Done Gold African Decorating Really Painted Fun Things
Painting my nails was one of the things I liked to do, and I was so terrified of, like, ever letting anybody see my nails painted. Teddy Geiger
Painting One Of The Things See Nails Like Liked Terrified Anybody Painted Ever Letting Things
Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting. Teddy Thompson
You Painting Would Never Picasso Most Get Stop Artists Mean Chance
The beauty of working on a show like 'Westworld' is we're painting a not-too-distant future and talking about an aspirational sense of what power looks like in the future. Tessa Thompson
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Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind. Theodore Robinson
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Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is. Thomas Hoving
Art Painting Parks Just Sculpture Works
As a kid, I wanted to be a sportscaster. On the radio. I loved the idea of painting a picture. I didn't want to be on TV. I wanted to be Jon Miller, who called all the Orioles games. Thomas Kail
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I love audio books, and when I paint I'm always listening to a book. I find that my imagination really takes flight in the painting process when I'm listening to audio books. Thomas Kinkade
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I went to a school in N.Y. that is conceptual and interdisciplinary and modeled after Cal Arts. It is not just painting or sculpture; it was everything mixed together. Thomas McDonell
Together School Painting Everything Cal Conceptual Mixed Modeled Just Arts After Sculpture
You don't eat a painting of an apple; you don't find it morally good. Instead, it tells you something strange about apples in themselves. Timothy Morton
Good You Strange Painting Tells Find Eat About Morally Something Instead Themselves Apple Apples
'State' can be a word that is a noun or a verb or an adverb - it's kind of why I chose that title. It's not to confound the audience but to keep me from painting myself into a cul-de-sac in the early stages of making a record by having too high concept or having some really strict set of rules I have to adhere to. Todd Rundgren
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It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture. Tom Stoppard
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My whole life has been singing and painting. I just do those two things. Tony Bennett
Life Singing Painting Those Has-Been Been Just Whole Things Two
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