#painter

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

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My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

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If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

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I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot. ↗

— Evan Hunter

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It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible. ↗

— Josef Albers

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I will be a historical painter. ↗

— William Allan

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I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

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I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around. ↗

— Chuck Close

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One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters. ↗

— Frank Stella

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