“ The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let… Clive Barker
“ He remembered that in the art books he had leafed through at Leader's, many paintings depicted death. A severed head on a platter. A battle, and the ground strewn with bodies. Swords and spears and fi… Lois Lowry
“ [L]ife is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ourselves and misinterpreting the behaviour of oth… Alain de Botton
“ If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom. Mark Rothko
“ This is a perfectly good picture. And if I didn't know you, I would be impressed and charmed. But I do know you.He thought some more, wondering whether he dared say precisely what he felt, for he knew… Iain Pears
“ I don't want these. They're mud and they've got no color. Or at least the color is different from what I'm used to. Take any American city, in autumn, or in winter, when the light makes the colors dan… Mark Helprin
“ Why not fall in love with an artist? Otherwise there are no letters, pictures, paintings and songs for you when you wake up. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ That was your forest. Where you hunted. He came closer to the painting, gazing at the bleak, empty cold, the white and gray and brown and black. This was your life, he clarified.I was too mortified, t… Sarah J. Maas
“ I do not distinguish between the construction of a book and that of a painting and I always proceed from the simple to the complex." - 1946 Henri Matisse
“ We don't see the world as a botanist who is at the same time an architect, a physician, a geologist, and a ship's captain. Recognizing isn't at all like seeing; the two often don't even agree... Sten Nadolny
“ There were details like clothing, hair styles and the fragile objects that hardly ever survive for the archaeologist—musical instruments, bows and arrows, and body ornaments depicted as they were worn… Mary Leakey
“ I never look at a painting and ask, "Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?" It's just a painting. Scott McClanahan
“ On the opposite wall was a Damien Hirst spot painting, bought by Arabella after a decent bonus season. Roger's considered view of the painting, looking at it from aesthetic, art-historical, interior-d… John Lanchester
“ The wall between writing and painting is just good grammar. Moderation in moderation. Fun is scary with a happy ending. Just love. If love doesn’t transform that which annoys you, it will be easier to… Emily Thornton Calvo
“ Outside, the sunlight had turned pale lemon, but the studio remained cool. The white walls and white-tiled splashback behind the sink were made more clinical by the metal tables which looked as if the… Christine Stovell
“ :Paintings are easy to see," he said after a moment. "Open, presented flat to the eye. Words are not easy. Words have to be discovered, deep in their pages, deciphered, translated, read. Words are sym… Catherine Fisher
“ The artistic methods of poetry, painting, photography, and writing share certain commonalities of deep composition: spirit, rhythm, thought, and scenery. Kilroy J. Oldster
