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Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
Or paint read more

Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of the skies
With pencils dipt in dull terrestrial dyes.

by William Mason Found in: Painting Quotes,
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A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

by Confucius Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

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If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a
landscape painter, it is love of read more

If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a
landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees that moves
you--if, being a figure painter, it is love of human beauty, and
human soul that moves you--if, being a flower or animal painter,
it is love, and wonder, and delight in petal and in limb that
move you, then the Spirit is upon you, and the earth is yours,
and the fullness thereof.

by John Ruskin Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things

by Edgar Degas Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

by Pablo Picasso Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Well, something must be done for May,
The time is drawing nigh--
To figure in the Catalogue,
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Well, something must be done for May,
The time is drawing nigh--
To figure in the Catalogue,
And woo the public eye.
Something I must invent and paint;
But oh my wit is not
Like one of those kind substantives
That answer Who and What?

by Thomas Hood Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I
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Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I
will not pay you a shilling.

by Oliver Cromwell Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

by Salvador Dali Found in: Painting Quotes,
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