No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
Every good painter paints what he is.
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.
I don't paint. I am a hobbyist photographer, so I relate to the visual arts that way, but I'm not a painter.
Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall.
I have never been much of a painter.
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
One must act in painting as in life, directly.
In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.
There does not exist a painter who knows himself or knows what he is doing.