“One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -- that particular peach is but a detail.”
Pablo Picasso
“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can”
Danny Kaye
“I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter...”
Vincent van Gogh
“Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.”
Oscar Wilde
“That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.”
Corita Kent
“I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly . . . . If their painting doesn't improve by itself, it means that nothing can be done - and I wouldn't do anything!”
Claude Monet
“I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.”
