A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness. In fact, he creates new appearances of things.
My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.
The painter is not simply someone who looks and who sees. Above all, the artist is someone who exposes a personal vision by rendering it visible. The painter shows or allows the seeing of "something" that without him, without his intervention, would ...
The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance is everything.
Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.
If my clone were a painter, he’d be an impressionist.
I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.
If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.
I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the images of as many objects as are in front of it.
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
Earthworms cannot be painters. Those who live in the darkness can never perceive and appreciate the beauties of the light!
I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.
Everyone gets a pencil as a kid, but it doesn't make them all authors or painters or drawers or anything else.
My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles; from textiles I went to fashion.
The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.
I hope to be a producer, a musician, a painter, a photographer - I'm going to push myself to do as many things as I can and see where it goes.
Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.
