#paint

The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings. ↗

— Balthus

#best #best way #his #known #let us

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really. ↗

— Balthus

#another #cannot #i #know #language

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#forces #hate #i #i believe #i believe that

An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing? ↗

— Peter Brook

#directing #earth #finding #icon #jesus

The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women. ↗

— Emily Carr

#canada #consider #decided #despise #essentially

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

I like the transience of Klimt paintings. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#like #paintings

I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette. ↗

— Ronny Cox

#bad #bad guy #bad guys #blue #characters

There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life. ↗

— Peter Cushing

#asking #being #day #every #every day

I'm sorry I didn't wear paint this morning. I tend not to wear it unless I'm getting highly paid. ↗

— Tyne Daly

#highly #i #morning #paid #paint