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Painters Quotes (page 8)

Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you. Steve Carell
You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces. Suzanne Collins
I didn't respond to him. Couldn't speak at all. Couldn't look at his self-mutilation--not even the clean, bandaged version of it. Instead, I looked at my own rough, stained house painter's hand. They seemed more like puppets than hands. I had no feelings in it either. Wally Lamb
A writer does not own words any more than a painter owns colors. So lets dispense with this originality fetis? Look, listen and transcribe and forget about being original. William S. Burroughs
I hope the artist who illustrates this work will take care to do justice to his portrait. Mr. Clive himself, let that painter be assured, will not be too well pleased if his countenance and figure do not receive proper attention. William Makepeace Thackeray
The sign painter had guts, maybe. Good taste, no. Anyone with a taste for chocolate Paydays had been spending too much time in the sun. We've stumbled on another find, I believe, Sergeant. Inspector, I stand amazed- your deductive acumen is exceeded only by your good looks and the extraordinary length of your reproductive organ. Stephen King
Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them. Henry David Thoreau
Caspar David Friedrich quote: "The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him,..."
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. Caspar David Friedrich
Edvard Munch quote: "Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all..."
Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter,..."
Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light. Edvard Munch
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
Berthe Morisot quote: "Real painters understand with a brush in their hand."
Real painters understand with a brush in their hand. Berthe Morisot
One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the isolation of working part-time as a house painter in Henderson County, to Cornell, where everybody was a literary person. Robert Morgan
It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work. Henry Moore
Cleo Moore quote: "I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot."
I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot. Cleo Moore

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