#painter

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know? ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#i think #kind #know #most #painters

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#decorative #grandfather #musician #painter

No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else. ↗

— Edouard Manet

#cares #else #painter #painting #unless

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#before #creative #difficult #ever #first

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#beautiful #depict #fall #feels #flaws

I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater. ↗

— Vincente Minnelli

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I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing. ↗

— Martin Mull

#even #i #i think #important #important thing

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#go #must #paint #painters #people

Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#death #light #must #painter #rays

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