Quotes About Art

I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.

If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.

To me, a drop of oil paint or a xerographic dot are the same thing - they're all just language.

I'm interested in all kinds of art. I draw and paint and don't know how to play the banjo, but I do play the banjo.

I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.

I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.

I've always envied people who compose music or paint, because they don't have to be bothered with the sort of crude mess that language normally is, in everyday life and in the way we use it.

You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've finished, you say, 'This one is not so good. This one is good.'

From my earliest memories, my aunt was squirting out oil paint. I could just eat it. I would go from her studio and walk down to my father's house, and there he was, working in egg tempera.

If you're going to paint extremely, you need a big piece of canvas.

I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.

I really don't own any jewelry. I paint it, but I'm not a consumer. I buy art - that's all I want.

I wanted to deal with light directly rather than with paint.

I used to paint pictures - what happened was, I used to draw and paint pictures. And some of my friends would be, like, 'Yo, you should put that on a T-shirt,' because that's where their brain would go.

I'm an art collector, have been for years, and I paint. Needless to say, the artwork in my houses, apartment is extensive.

Oh, I paint all the time.

I paint, and painting gives me my much needed break from my routine. Painting was a subject in my school, and I developed a liking for the lines and colours and started practising in my free time. It helps me de-stress amidst my hectic shooting schedules.

That was really the Fifties for me - that whole spirit of flicking the paint on the canvas.

I love to draw and paint - that's what makes me happy.

I would love to learn how to paint motorcycles and stuff like that. I really, really am fascinated by that.

When I wake up, I can't wait to get to the studio, go into the paint room.

I thought, 'How cool would it be to paint Donald Trump in Donald Trump's house with Donald Trump there.'

I love to paint.

The biggest thing is to just keep your voice in shape so that when the emotion hits, it's there to have the colors to paint those pictures with the lyrics as well as the sound.