#pain

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#critic #exposing #flat #painting #protecting

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#art form #audience #could #extraordinary #film

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory. ↗

— Ted W. Engstrom

#far #must #pain #persevere #precede

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#ambition #govern #i #men #office

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family. ↗

— John Thorn

#being #family #greek #home #literal

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#human #human heart #like #mark #pain

I hate painting. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#i #painting

Pain is love. ↗

— Ja Rule

#pain

I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it. ↗

— Evan Davis

#being #big #big thing #bit #gay

Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order. ↗

— Maurice Denis

#assembled #battle #before #certain #colours