#painting

I always feel attacked when I'm asked about my painting. ↗

— Georg Baselitz

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A painting that is well composed is half finished. ↗

— Pierre Bonnard

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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

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...A painting was a translation of the language of my heart. ↗

— Amy Tan

#painting #art

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold. ↗

— John Dyer

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I've been trying to pick up painting but it's hard. ↗

— George Eads

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Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add. ↗

— Nelson Goodman

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People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do. ↗

— John Guare

#beautiful paintings #cost #go #how #human

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again. ↗

— Philip Guston

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