“Remember...we don't see objects, we see light. [...] Light can do anything water can do--flow, wash, trickle. It can do anything an artist can do--paint, burnish, carve. Candlelight falls, licks a face. There is always light in a room.” LightRememberFacesArtistFallWaterCan DoRoomsObjectsFlowPaintCandlelight Author:Janet Fitch
“Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.” MayWishCan DoSimpleFiguresPaintSpheresConesCylinders Author:Paul Cezanne
“It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds than with their figures. You know the story of Vandyke brought to Rubens with this recommendation: 'He already knows how to paint a background.' 'That is more than I can do!' was the reply.” KnowsI CanMatterStoriesEasyCan DoKnow HowFiguresDifficultyPaintBackgroundsPainterVentureRecommendationsRubens Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing Source: William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing
“A piece of drapery is like a necktie, hot stuff to paint, and one of the easiest things for a painter to kid himself into thinking he can do. Don't be fooled by the color. Go after the shape and character. Hew the forms together with colored tones.” ThinkingCharacterKidsTogetherFormStuffCan DoPiecesColorShapesHotPaintPainterToneFooledNeckties Author:John French Sloan
“I want to make paintings full of colour, laughter, compassion and love. I want to make paintings that will make people happy, that will change the course of people's lives. If I can do that, I can paint for a hundred years.” PeopleIfsWantYearsI CanCoursesCan DoCompassionPaintingCommunicationLaughterHundredAnd LovePaintColourMaking People Happy Author:Norval Morrisseau
“I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.” IfsWellsI CanArtistCan DoPaintQuittingIf I CouldGreat ArtCantPitchingGreat ArtistMonet Author:Tom Seaver
“You can be zany and funny or you can do something that really has some depth to it and serious, so there's many different colors to paint with. I would hate to get trapped in one little thing. I always feel like funny is an appendage, but it is not my whole body.” FeelsLittlesDifferentWholeBodyHateCan DoColorSeriousPaintDepthLittle ThingsTrappedCan Do SomethingDifferent Colors Author:Jim Carrey