Quotes of: Painting Keyword

The laws of physics is the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece

Angels & Demons

I wrote 'The Painted Word,' about modern art, and was denounced as reactionary. In fact, it is just a history, although a rather loaded one.

Tom Wolfe

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

Yayoi Kusama

I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.

Killosophy

The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.

Killosophy

The typical English painting is narrative in character. The English are a nation of diarists.

The Reach of Modern Art: A Concise History

Because the world has gone nutty and art always paints the spirit of its times

Stranger in a Strange Land

The last time I checked,I didn't have any special talent,thought Kara.Can I paint a demon to death?Drown it in some gouache?

Marked

To know is to remember that you've seen.To see is to know without remembering. Thus painting is remembering the blackness.

My Name is Red

in this case, a mother, noted for her beauty, might be reduced to a purple shadow... (Tansley to Lily on her painting of the house & grounds)

To the Lighthouse

The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive.

Leepike Ridge

Tar had a reason, plenty of reasons. The latest were painted on his face, too.

Smack

The heart with letters on it shining like a light bulb through the trim hole painted in the chest, art history.

Surfacing

Pulped in his crushing strength, his hug is enough to smear me over his body like war paint.

Sveta

Although she was giddy with exhaustion, sleep was a lover who refused to be touched....

Paint it Black

I put my deodorant on like I’m painting my armpits with a paintbrush. Art is everywhere and in everything—especially love.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Do try to remember this: even the world's not so black as it is painted" -Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408)

The Well of Loneliness

To be invisible, paint yourself with the direct shade of 0. Leave nothing to chance, by taking nothing with you wherever you go.

Xazaqazax

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

Emil Nolde

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

I love getting my nails done. My mom's best friend is a manicurist. When I was little, she'd do little paintings on my nails, like flowers.

Miranda Cosgrove