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Oil Painting Quotes

Margaret Atwood quote: "oil paints...the look of licked lips."
oil paints...the look of licked lips. Margaret Atwood
Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity. John Berger
I love paint. I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil paint. I love the smell of turpentine and I like that world of oil paint very, very, very much. David Lynch
When I see how several painters I know here are struggling with their watercolours and paintings so that they can't see a solution anymore, I sometimes think: Friend, the fault is in your drawing. I don't regret for a moment that I did not go in for watercolour and oil painting straight away. I am sure I will catch up if only I struggle on, so that my hand does not waver in drawing and perspective. Vincent Van Gogh
Eliot did to the word love what the Russians did to the word democracy. If Eliot is going to love everybody, no matter what they are, no matter what they do, then those of us who love particular people for particular reasons had better find ourselves a new word." He looked at an oil painting of his deceased wife. "For instance- I loved her more than I love our garbage collector, which makes me guilty of the most unspeakable of modern crimes: Dis-crim-i-nay-tion. Kurt Vonnegut
In classical oil painting, there seemed to be a radical turn to seeing things as the camera sees them, with that technological modification. I began to have a tremendous problem with all of this. Henry Flynt
Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue. James Wolcott
I did some pastels and I did other pieces in which there was just basically one color per square, and then they would get bigger and I could get 2 or 3 colors into the square, and ultimately I just started making oil paintings. Chuck Close
Peter Shaffer quote: "If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting."
If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting. Peter Shaffer
Bob Kane quote: "I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil..."
I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City. Bob Kane
It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method. Edward Hopper
Robert Rauschenberg quote: "A pair of stockings is no less suitable o make a painting of..."
A pair of stockings is no less suitable o make a painting of than wood, nails, turpentine, oil, and fabric. Robert Rauschenberg
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 Flay
Tony Snow quote: "The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint..."
The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two. Tony Snow

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