I wanted to paint nothing. I was looking for something that was the essence of nothing, and the soup can was it..
I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall, and when we leave the landlord will come and paint over it all..
Every picture one paints involves not painting others..
Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint..
The motivation to paint seems more pure, or at least more personal, when the artist is doing it for herself..
I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can..
I could not paint at all if I had to paint slowly. Every effect is so transient, it must be rapidly painted..
I will paint for money any time..
If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me.
I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordina ry..
Paint what you like and die happy.
I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose..
The media paint ugly pictures about you..
As soon as I can afford a studio space, I'll paint again..
To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects..
It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement..
There are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness..
I reenact everything. I love to paint a picture for my audience. I'm a lot like Richard Pryor in that aspect. I do a lot of acting on stage, acting o….
Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead..
One must be of one's time and paint what one sees..
My broad sense of this is that authors like Smil really paint the clear picture, and once you see that, it's kind of Oh, of course. That's such a pri….