71 Quotes About Paintings

Why not fall in love with an artist? Otherwise there are no letters, pictures, paintings and songs for you when you wake up.

In each painting, I think, it’s as if  God were giving up on finishing the world.

You can't dance to paintings. This is something Ben said, during one of our White Cube conversations, back when I was still wrong about him. He said it even though, at the time, he was desperately trying to be a painter. He said it because it was true and not because it was something either of us wanted to hear.

Gardening is like landscape painting to me. The garden is the canvas. Plants, containers and other garden features are the colors. I paint on the garden of canvas hoping to create a master piece with my colors.

Adieu," he said, "this is goodbye. I'll never forget you, never."She stood silent. He looked at her and saw her eyes full of tears. He turned away.She forced herself to smile. "Like the Chinese mother who sent her son off to war telling him to be careful 'because war has its dangers,' I'm asking you, if you have any feelings for me, to be as careful as possible with your life."Because it is precious to you?" he asked nervously.Yes. Because it is precious to me.

I do not distinguish between the construction of a book and that of a painting and I always proceed from the simple to the complex." - 1946

We view art in order to escape our own skins, to get outside of the commotion inside our skulls.

The shack took on a different light, as though more windows had opened up. She stood back and stared at them--a miracle to have some of Ma's paintings on the walls.

If a financier is willing to pay Millions for a painting it is because he thinks someone, sooner or later,will pay more. This is why a white canvas can cost Millions. Only an authentic signature is required.