I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way. Painting gives a voice to feelings that words cannot express.
Georgia O’Keeffe
In the ‘Nude Descending a Staircase,’ I wanted to create a static image of movement: movement is an abstraction, a deduction articulated within the painting, without our knowing if a real person is or isn’t descending an equally real staircase.
Marcel Duchamp
Creativity takes courage. Every painting begins with a blank canvas and the bravery to transform it into something unique and meaningful.
Henri Matisse
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Every masterpiece is a reflection of dedication, vision, and the pursuit of excellence.
Michelangelo
I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness.
Joan Miro
It’s not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and watch movies. Any kind of artistic expression interests me; it goes from literature to music to sculpture, painting; whatever is extremely inspiring for me becomes a reference also for me.
Marjane Satrapi
I dream my painting and then I paint my dream. Every brushstroke is a step toward turning imagination into reality and emotions into something the world can see.
Vincent van Gogh
Painting is something that requires a lot of time – it’s not just one good idea out of art school.
Caio Fonseca
I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.
Barnett Newman
We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents. The beauty of painting is that every unexpected mark can become part of something wonderful.
Bob Ross