In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? Philip Guston
It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement. Jackson Pollock
It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are. Tony Curtis
It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method. Edward Hopper
Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.
Steve Albini
Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture. Steve Albini
Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions. Thomas Couture
Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting. Jodie Foster
Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way. Paul Lynde