#pain

The pain passes, but the beauty remains. ↗

— Auguste Renoir

#pain #passes #remains

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature. ↗

— Auguste Renoir

#confidence #himself #his #listen #master

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#between #earlier #i #paintings #picture

Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#attention #behind #consciousness #focus #freedom

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values. ↗

— Bridget Riley

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I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#i #like #never #paint #pictures

Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality. ↗

— Diego Rivera

#breaks #female #her #paintings #sexuality

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#considered #heartthrob #i #kind #myself

The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

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The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again. ↗

— Sally Quinn

#football #football season #forget #how #like