Quotes with paint

  • I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my work I have eliminated one color after another, and what has remained is gray, gray, gray!
  • My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.
  • If you hear a voice within you saying, ''You are not a painter,'' then by all means paint… and that voice will be silenced.
  • Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
  • When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Chester Nimitz A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
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  • Scott Glenn Acting in movies is to put colors on an easel for the director to paint his own painting with in the editing room, long after I've left.
    Scott Glenn
    American actor (1941 - )
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  • Ben Shahn An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.
    Ben Shahn
    Lithuanian-born American artist (1898 - 1969)
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  • Willem De Kooning An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
    Willem De Kooning
    Dutch-American painter (1904 - 1997)
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  • Toni Morrison At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Bobby Flay Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to your local hardware store and pick up a few paint brushes which are less expensive and work equally as well.
    Bobby Flays Grill It
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Alan Bean But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.
    Alan Bean
    American naval officer and aviator (1932 - 2018)
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  • Lord George Byron But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Donald Trump Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • John Singer Sargent Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
    John Singer Sargent
    American painter (1856 - 1925)
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  • Barry McGee For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.
    Barry McGee
    American artist
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  • Horace He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Salvador Dali I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Abbey Lincoln I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
    Abbey Lincoln
    American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress (1930 - 2010)
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  • Vincent Van Gogh I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • Georgia O'Keeffe I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
    Georgia O'Keeffe
    American painter and artist (1887 - 1986)
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