A painting is a symbol for the universe. Inside it, each piece relates to the other. Each piece is only answerable to the rest of that little world. So, probably in the total universe, there is that kind of total harmony, but we get only little tastes of it. Corita Kent universe inside total share on social
A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object. Howard Hodgkin finish paint back Change image and share on social
A painting is like a man. If you can live without it, then there isn't much point in having it. Lila Acheson Wallace man live point Change image and share on social
A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape. Paul Scofield paint pearl mean Change image and share on social
A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts. Elizabeth Peyton descriptive picture people share on social
A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for. Damien Hirst increase make paint Change image and share on social
A painting should be tough; it should have muscle, but I have to find some tenderness in it, too. There has to be that dynamic. Gary Hume tough paint tenderness Change image and share on social
A painting that doesn't shock isn't worth painting. Marcel Duchamp worth shock paint Change image and share on social
A painting that is well composed is half finished. Pierre Bonnard half compose finish Change image and share on social
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. Friedrich Nietzsche powerful suffice pair Change image and share on social
