Painter Quotes

I wanted to be a painter.

As a painter, it seemed easier to sort of disappear.

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso.

I am a hobbyist photographer so I relate to the visual arts that way, but I'm not a painter.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

I was too practical to want to be a painter.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.

I will be a historical painter.

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter.

I'm 38 years old and Limp Bizkit is just something I do. If I was a painter, it would just be a type of painting I make.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.

Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?

I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.

I am an Indian and a painter, that's all.

The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.

If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way to be alone.

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter.

If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.