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Paint Quotes

Quotes on painting as daily practice.

Paint is described here as a near-daily necessity rather than a hobby, paired in one line with composing music and in another framed as something the speaker lives for rather than merely does. Everyday versions appear too, like painting portraits or even one's own house.

I think it would be really interesting to paint Obama.

Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

I taught myself to paint African-Americans, mostly people roughly my skin tone.

Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

I am interested in evolution within my thinking. I am not interested in the evolution of my paint.

Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

The ability to be the first African-American painter to paint the first African-American president of the United States is absolutely overwhelming. It doesn't get any better than that.

Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

Quotes by Kate Upton

It depends on where you put the paint, not how much you splash on.

Quotes by Julian Eltinge

I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.

Quotes by Jonathan Winters

I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers.

Quotes by John Dyer

I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.

Quotes by John Dyer

Not only are Christians writing about Jesus, but also Communists, Jews, atheists and agnostics are taking up their pens to paint a portrait of Jesus.

Quotes by John Clayton

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

Quotes by Jim Henson

Paint is the skin of a painting: it is fiction. In houses, it disguises the plumbing and wiring and studs and nails.

Quotes by Jessica Stockholder

I like to paint - I love arts and crafts.

Quotes by Jessica Mauboy

I am not a supporter of the rhetoric of, 'Dear, dear, the toys have got lead paint.' If I had a manufacturer in China that allowed that to happen, I'd fire them instantly.

Quotes by Jenny Shipley

You can put an extra coat of paint on a jalopy, but it's still a jalopy.

Quotes by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

The more I paint the more I like everything.

Quotes by Jean-Michel Basquiat

I don't really want to get too heavy, you know. I still want to be able to move in the paint.

Quotes by Jayson Tatum

Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.

Quotes by Jasper Johns

I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life.

Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.

Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

A standout entry describes the milestone of painting a sitting president as an unmatched career moment. See the Art quotes page for more on creative identity.