Painters express themselves through their paintings. They get their inspiration from their surroundings. Also, their paintings have therapeutic effects for those who look at them. It has a positive impact on their mental state and relieves stress. May these quotes about arts and painting give you insights that will inspire you while you walk through the journey called life.
1. “Art is a line around your thoughts.” – Gustav Klimt
2. “Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse
3. “I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” – Frida Kahlo
4. “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” – Edward Hopper
5. “Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol
6. “Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.” – Philip Guston
7. “Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.” – Pablo Picasso
8. “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” – Bob Ross
9. “If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh
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10. “Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock
11. “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.” – Marc Chagall
12. “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci
13. “A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.” – Edgar Degas
14. “The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri
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15. “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
16. “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. “Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.” – Balthus
18. “I paint the spirit and soul of what I see.” – Brian Froud
19. “There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent van Gogh
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20. “Every child is an artist; the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.” – Pablo Picasso
21. “I love to look at art, I love to look at paintings, and I almost feel like the experience isn’t complete until I’ve made something of my own.” – Cecily Brown
22. “Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” – Camille Pissarro
23. “Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” – Claude Monet
24. “The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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25. “All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.” – Bob Ross
26. “The painting has a life of its own.” – Jackson Pollock
27. “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way, things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
28. “Every canvas is a journey all its own.” – Helen Frankenthaler
29. “To be an artist is to believe in life.” – Henry Moore
30. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso
More Inspirational Painting Quotes
31. “I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.” – Albrecht Dürer
32. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
33. “A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.” – Elaine de Kooning
34. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas
35. “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” – Émile Zola
36. “A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.” – Robert Henri
37. “In art, what we want is the certainty that one spark of original genius shall not be extinguished.” – Mary Cassatt
38. “The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” – Alberto Giacometti
39. “Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.” – Marc Chagall
40. “A work of art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t art at all.” – Paul Cézanne
41. “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
42. “Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but follow your own convictions. It is better to be nothing than an echo of other painters.” – Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
43. “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.” – George Bernard Shaw
44. “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali
45. “There is no must in art because art is free.” – Wassily Kandinsky
46. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
47. “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” – Oscar Wilde
48. “My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there.” – J.M.W. Turner
49. “Art is the stored honey of the human soul.” – Theodore Dreiser
50. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso
51. “The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” – Lucian Freud
52. “Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.” – Paul Cezanne
53. “Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” – Edgar Degas
54. “Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye, it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” – Edvard Munch
55. “A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.” – Hedy Lamarr
56. “I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.” – David Rockefeller
57. “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” – Twyla Tharp
58. “Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.” – Niki de St. Phalle
59. “To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut
60. “For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.” – Georges Rouault
Share these Painting Quotes about Life with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
2. “Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse
3. “I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” – Frida Kahlo
4. “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” – Edward Hopper
5. “Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol
6. “Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.” – Philip Guston
7. “Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.” – Pablo Picasso
8. “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” – Bob Ross
9. “If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh
11. “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.” – Marc Chagall
12. “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci
13. “A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.” – Edgar Degas
14. “The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri
16. “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. “Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.” – Balthus
18. “I paint the spirit and soul of what I see.” – Brian Froud
19. “There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent van Gogh
21. “I love to look at art, I love to look at paintings, and I almost feel like the experience isn’t complete until I’ve made something of my own.” – Cecily Brown
22. “Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” – Camille Pissarro
23. “Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” – Claude Monet
24. “The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.” – Leonardo da Vinci
26. “The painting has a life of its own.” – Jackson Pollock
27. “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way, things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
28. “Every canvas is a journey all its own.” – Helen Frankenthaler
29. “To be an artist is to believe in life.” – Henry Moore
30. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso
More Inspirational Painting Quotes
31. “I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.” – Albrecht Dürer
32. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
33. “A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.” – Elaine de Kooning
34. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas
35. “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” – Émile Zola
36. “A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.” – Robert Henri
37. “In art, what we want is the certainty that one spark of original genius shall not be extinguished.” – Mary Cassatt
38. “The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” – Alberto Giacometti
39. “Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.” – Marc Chagall
40. “A work of art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t art at all.” – Paul Cézanne
41. “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
42. “Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but follow your own convictions. It is better to be nothing than an echo of other painters.” – Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
43. “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.” – George Bernard Shaw
44. “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali
45. “There is no must in art because art is free.” – Wassily Kandinsky
46. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
47. “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” – Oscar Wilde
48. “My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there.” – J.M.W. Turner
49. “Art is the stored honey of the human soul.” – Theodore Dreiser
50. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso
51. “The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” – Lucian Freud
52. “Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.” – Paul Cezanne
53. “Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” – Edgar Degas
54. “Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye, it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” – Edvard Munch
55. “A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.” – Hedy Lamarr
56. “I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.” – David Rockefeller
57. “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” – Twyla Tharp
58. “Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.” – Niki de St. Phalle
59. “To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut
60. “For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.” – Georges Rouault
Share these Painting Quotes about Life with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.