The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotions come across?
Franz KlineDirecting is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.
George ClooneyPainting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.
Chuck JonesSimultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.
Josef AlbersNo one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.
Chuck CloseI hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
Georgia O'KeeffeMy only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.
Georges Rouault