“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.” SchoolEffortActingPaintingNeededHigh SchoolOutletsCollaborative Effort Author:James Franco
“For years, I went around the world looking and then painting, but now I have to think first and then paint. It's driven me to find the design concept first, and to rely on my memory and technical skills to supply only those details that are needed.” ThinkingWorldYearsFirstsMemoriesDesignPaintingNeededSkillsConceptsPaintDetailsDrivenAround The WorldRelyTechnical Skills Author:Milford Zornes
“The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested in self-realization then you cannot make a good painting. To do this you have to have thought about forming, and about how ideas of forming stem from history.” IfsIdeasSelfPaintingNeededEgoSakeSelf RealizationRealizationStem Author:Joseph Beuys
“At one point Trudeau mentioned to me that the National Gallery wanted to buy a masterpiece by the great Italian painter Lotto, and it needed a million dollars from the Treasury Board. "Is that Lotto-Quebec or Lotto-Canada?" I joked, but I got the message, and the National Gallery got the painting.” WantedMillionsPaintingNeededMessagesDollarsPainterBoardsCanadaItalianMasterpieceGalleryMillion DollarsTreasuryQuebec Author:Jean Chretien
“Three things are needed for success in painting and sculpture: to see beauty when young and accustom oneself to it, to work hard, and to obtain good advice.” HardYoungThreeAdvicePaintingHard WorkNeededOneselfSculptureThree ThingsGood Advice Author:Gian Lorenzo Bernini
“I decided I needed something that I could feel as passionate about as acting, and something in which I could completely lose myself. I started painting, and I'm still doing it.” FeelsStillsLosesActingPaintingNeededDecidedPassionate Author:Michelle Pfeiffer