“ The suprematist must have a superior knowledge of understanding. With out that, their art is powerless Luhraw
“ I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. Salvador Dali
“ Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea. John Ciardi
“ To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. James Whistler
“ I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. Winston Churchill
“ I paint from the top down. First the sky then the mountains then the hills then the houses then the cattle and then the people. Grandma Moses
“ I'm completely aware of Matisse and what he said, that painters must begin by cutting out their tongues. Don DeLillo
“ A good painter is to paint two main things namely men and the working of man's mind. Leonardo da Vinci
“ For me painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night a strangled laugh. Georges Rouault
“ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can't stand Picasso those who can't stand Raphael and those who've never heard of either of them. John White
“ There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. Henri Matisse
“ When I look at a painting it isn't only the painting that I see but the thing that I am. If there is more in the painting than I am then I won't see it. Ivan Eyre
“ His hero Millet had admonished. Auguste Renoir had told him. Ah, but what they hadn't said, hadn't warned him about, was you could see. Christopher Moore
