#painting

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#art #friend #i #i am #more

Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in the world wanted to make abstract paintings, and people only became lawyers and doctors and brokers and things because they couldn't make abstract paintings. ↗

— Frank Stella

#became #because #believed #brokers #doctors

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters. ↗

— Frank Stella

#imitating #learns #looking #other #painters

One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie. ↗

— Mark Stevens

#best #paintings #prompts #random #reflection

I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself. ↗

— James Franco

#acting #actually #been #came #collaborative

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

#days #drawing #enjoyed #find #i

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#bit #danger #i #i do #just

Painting is the aesthetic side of the object but it has never been original, has never been its own goal. ↗

— Kazimir Malevich

#been #goal #never #object #original

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting. ↗

— John Malkovich

#anything #concentrate #few #filmmakers #get

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#become #created #crucial #discovery #had