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Brushes Quotes

From makeup kits to easels, one word covers a lot.

Brushes turn up in very different hands here - a charity ambassador applying liquid foundation with a multi-tasking brush, and a writer who picks up paintbrushes specifically when a poem stops Applying itself and frustration sets in.

It'll seem convenient 'cause I am ambassador for the charity, but Look Good Feel Better launched a set of makeup brushes through Priceline, and I use the multi-tasking brush to apply my liquid foundation. It's wonderful. As good as the...

Quotes by Zoe Foster Blake

In the writers' room, I know the difference when someone brushes up against me and makes a sexist crack and when they've stepped over the line and made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe.

Quotes by Nell Scovell

Mike Pence is the kind of guy that brushes his teeth and then drinks orange juice and thinks, 'Mmm.'

Quotes by Michelle Wolf

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems...

Quotes by Joni Mitchell

Applying Quotes

We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question.

Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to...

Quotes by Fat Joe

People say I've had brushes with the law. That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.

Quotes by Edwin Edwards

I had a few brushes with death, where I nearly chose to go. The final one in 1996 did it for me. I suddenly had that feeling that I wasn't indestructible. There was no big white light experience, I just...

Quotes by Dave Gahan

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.

Quotes by Christopher Fry

Art Quotes

But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools.

Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to your local hardware store and pick up a few paint brushes which are less expensive...

Quotes by Bobby Flay

She was an enthusiastic painter of oils and watercolors. She was also very generous. I could mess with her paints and brushes all I wanted. On one condition: that I kept my brushes clean. The only art lesson my mother...

Quotes by Barbara Cooney

People ask me why I don't paint oils. It takes too long. Cleaning brushes in linseed oil, and it takes six months to really dry, and all this. I don't have that kind of time. I work with acrylic. It's...

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Brushes quotes page about?
It covers several distinct meanings of 'brushes' - makeup tools, paintbrushes, and the verb meaning a light physical contact - so the tone shifts quote to quote.
Why would quotes about brushes cover such different subjects?
Brushes is a genuinely multi-meaning word, and this page reflects that range rather than narrowing to just one - beauty, art, and personal boundaries all show up here.
What's the beauty-industry example on this page?
One speaker, an ambassador for a charity, describes a set of makeup brushes launched through Priceline and mentions using a multi-tasking brush to Applying liquid foundation.
Is there a quote about brushes and personal boundaries?
Yes - one speaker describes the difference between someone brushing against them and making a sexist joke versus crossing a line into feeling genuinely unsafe, a serious, specific distinction worth taking at face value.
What's the creative, art-related quote here?
One speaker describes picking up paintbrushes and starting to paint whenever they get frustrated trying to force a poem to come together - Art as a release valve for creative frustration.

One quote uses 'brushes' more uncomfortably, describing an unwanted physical encounter - worth reading alongside Art quotes for the gentler, creative side of the word.