“I lost my job as an art salesman. It was the customer's fault. He wanted to buy the wrong paintings.” ArtWantedJobsLostPaintingFaultsCustomersSalesman Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“You have to love writing a song and architecture. You have to give it a form. It is my job to create a sonic landscape. I like to create ambiance and atmosphere. The writing is the intimate part of it. It is a sketch. The production is the whole painting.” GivingWritingWholeJobsFormSongPaintingProductionsArchitectureLandscapeAtmosphereIntimateAmbiance Author:Keren Ann
“I suppose what you're doing as a painter is making a record of your trip through life. I can't think of any job that is quite as satisfactory as doing a painting.” ThinkingI CanJobsRecordsPaintingPainter Author:Robert Genn
“Because Guillermo's [del Toro] obviously a painter painting a picture and my job is just to provide the color that he probably already has in his mind.” MindJobsColorPaintingPainterPainting A Picture Author:Charlie Day
“What I would hope to do is painting, because I don't think I'm qualified for anything else. My last job would be babysitting, so I don't think Starbucks would even hire me.” ThinkingWould BeJobsLastsPaintingQualifiedStarbucksBabysitting Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“For a long time, I kept working at part-time jobs... my goal was to build up enough savings so I wouldn't be kicked out on the streets if I didn't sell enough paintings.” IfsLongEnoughJobsGoalStreetsPaintingLong TimeSellsSellingSavingSavingsPart TimePart Time Jobs Author:Janet Fish
“It's not fiction's job to be photographically representative of reality. If I want to make a fictional world where there's no kindness, this doesn't mean I believe there's no kindness in the real world. In fact, what it may mean is that I very much value kindness. Like if you make a painting in which only greens are allowed, it wouldn't mean you don't believe in blue.” IfsWorldWantBelieveMayMeanRealFactsRealityJobsValuesI BelieveFictionKindnessPaintingBlueDon't BelieveReal WorldRepresentativesFictional Worlds Author:George Saunders
“I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all the arts combined. Students are always asking me for advice, and I tell them that they have to be enthusiastic, because it's hard work. The only way to enjoy it is to be totally immersed. If you don't get involved on that level, it could be a very miserable job. I only have one regret about my career: I'm sorry that we are not making silent movies any more. That is the purest art form I can imagine.” IfsWayWritingArtI CanHardJobsFilmFormEnjoyLevelsMusicCareersStudyImagineAdviceStudentsPaintingRegretHard WorkInvolvedPureAskingSilentSorryMiserableCombinationCinemaMovieFilmmakingI'm SorrySculptureGet InvolvedEnthusiasticInvolvementCinematographySilent MoviesMusic WritingFilm Students Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation. My first job was painting a mural in the Grimaldis in Queens.” FirstsArtJobsCollegePaintingFineDegreesComputerQueensProgrammingAnimationFine ArtsComputer ProgrammingMuralGpa Author:JWoww
“The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself quite fiercely if I want to do some painting that's worthwhile. Otherwise, you're just doodling. It's much easier when you're just told what you have to do.” IfsWantGivingSelfJobsDifficultPaintingDisciplineEasierWorthwhileSelf DisciplineDifficult ThingsDoodling Author:John Hurt
“I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire to try something.” IfsTryingJobsDesireFunInterestPainting Author:Gerhard Richter
“I've been asked which of the other arts novel-writing is most like, and I have come to believe it is acting. Of course, in terms of pattern it can be like music, in terms of structure it can be like painting, but the job to me is most like acting.” WritingBelieveArtJobsCoursesTermActingNovelPaintingStructurePatternsNovel Writing Author:Andrew O'Hagan
“Whether it is gun control lobby, health care lobby, or abortion, pro-choice lobby, whatever it is, people are always trying to say that it is about restricting rights and they are never really prepared to talk about what the honest tradeoffs are. One of the things we need to do a better job of is actually painting those tradeoffs.” PeopleNeedsTryingCareJobsChoicesRightsHonestPaintingGunPreparedHealth CareAbortionGun ControlAlways TryingBetter JobsPro Choice Abortion Author:Ian Bremmer
“To make music I rely on other people, which is good - that's the main difference in painting and music at this stage. They are separate parts of my life really, like having two jobs, one in a bar, one in a lighthouse.” PeopleTwoJobsDifferencesStagePaintingBarsRelyLighthouseTwo Jobs Author:Danny Fox
“I lost my job and started painting houses with a friend. The marriage had ended about the same time the career did.” JobsHouseLostCareersPainting Author:John Dufresne
“When you're a kid and someone's an artist, you think of Leonardo da Vinci. You don't think that's a job; you just think of a man with a beard painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.” ThinkingMenKidsJobsArtistPaintingBeardCeilingsChapelLeonardoSistine Chapel Author:Noel Fielding
“People should quit their jobs, move to Oklahoma, move in with 34 people, pay $100 a month in rent and start a band or start painting. That way you'll feel like you have a purpose if you lose your mind, and you'll have some fun on the way.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMindJobsMovingPurposeFunLosesPayPaintingLike YouMonthsBandQuittingOklahoma Author:Josh Jones
“Small thoughts grow into a picture. It may suggest an individual or it may suggest a place, but generally the painting's job is to work that [idea] into an abstract proposition that is completely removed from the starting point.” MayIdeasJobsIndividualGrowsPaintingStartingAbstractPropositionsStarting Point Author:Nigel Cooke