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Jackson Pollock2 quotes
The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. — Jackson Pollock · 1948Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson PollockJing Hao2 quotes
Resemblance reproduces the formal aspect of objects, but neglects their spirit; truth shows the spirit and substance in like perfection. — Jing Hao · 925There are Six Essentials in painting. The first is called spirit; the second, rhythm; the third, thought; the fourth, scenery; the fifth, the brush; and the last is the ink. — Jing Hao · 925Leonardo da Vinci2 quotes
Perspective is the bridle and rudder of painting. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Pablo Picasso2 quotes
Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso · 1945Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires. — Pablo Picasso · 1964Eugene Delacroix1 quote
The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes. — Eugene Delacroix · 1863Jim Dine1 quote
I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need. — Jim Dine · 2010Leon Battista Alberti1 quote
Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive. — Leon Battista Alberti · 1435Robert Rauschenberg1 quote
Painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself. — Robert Rauschenberg · 2005