109 Quotes by Thomas Kinkade

My whole life was absorbed with my art. I was known by my schoolmates as the kid who could draw.

A painting has a lot of advantages over other forms of communication. Unlike a movie, you don't have to put it into a machine and turn it on. It's just there every day. It's not limited by the element of time. It's a constant part of the home.

I love audio books, and when I paint I'm always listening to a book. I find that my imagination really takes flight in the painting process when I'm listening to audio books.

I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.

It is easy to have a lot of paintings or projects hanging around that are 'almost done.

My brother and I always had jobs and worked from a young age.

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist.

I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.