Quotes about painting

Every artist dips his brush in his soul and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry Ward Beecher

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. – Pablo Picasso

Colors are the smiles of nature. – Leigh Hunt

A painting is worth a thousand words, but it speaks directly to the heart. – Jay Woodman

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. – Plutarch

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality. – Pablo Picasso

Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso

Art is freedom, and painting is its medium. – John F. Kennedy

In painting, you have unlimited possibilities to express your inner world. – Helen Frankenthaler

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. – Edgar Degas

To paint is to love again, live again, and feel alive. – Henry Miller

The world is but a canvas to the imagination. – Henry David Thoreau

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. – Pablo Picasso

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry Ward Beecher

Quotes about painting part 2

A painting is never finished – it simply stops in interesting places. – Paul Gardner

Great art embodies what we cannot see but what we feel. – Cassandra Clare

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. – Leonardo da Vinci

Colors speak all languages. – Joseph Addison

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. – Pablo Picasso

The purpose of painting is to give voice to the heart, where words fail. – Unknown

Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight. – Orhan Pamuk

Art is not about what you see, but what you make others see. – Georgia O’Keeffe

There is no better way to bring color into the world than through art. – Anonymous

Life without art is like a blank canvas waiting to be filled. – Anonymous

Art is the most powerful weapon against silence. – Ai Weiwei

A painting is never a mistake, it’s just a happy accident waiting to be discovered. – Bob Ross

Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse

Every artist dreams of leaving their mark on this world through their art. – Unknown

Painting is a dance of colors upon a canvas. – Unknown

Art is the highest form of hope. – Gerhard Richter

To paint is to create a world where only the imagination can dwell. – Unknown

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. – Twyla Tharp

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

Every artist was once an amateur who never gave up. – Unknown

Art is not a thing; it is a way. – Elbert Hubbard

A painting can say a thousand words without uttering a single sound. – Unknown

Art is where work meets love. – Unknown

Painting is the soul’s way of expressing itself beyond words. – Unknown

Art is the critic of civilization. – John F. Kennedy

A painting can tell a story that words fail to express. – Unknown

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity of human existence. – Unknown

In painting, we find the reflection of our own humanity. – Unknown