#pain

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#does #make #make up #pain #sympathy

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#bit #danger #i #i do #just

Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier. ↗

— Marie Laurencin

#dead #fish #glasses #i #much

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#always #complete #final #gathered #man

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#ability #artistic #both #burning #eat

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore. ↗

— Ang Lee

#couple #doing #full #going #i

What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry. ↗

— Laurie Lee

#details #did #draw #eyes #flowers

This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting. ↗

— Fernand Leger

#axiom #dogma #general #must #painting

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#into #out #pain #philosophy #working

God is a concept by which we measure our pain. ↗

— John Lennon

#god #measure #our #pain #which