Painting is one of those wonderfully engaging acts that demands you be entirely present, with the hand, eye and mind occupied at once. It is also, as many of the artists below suggest, one of the most honest forms of record-keeping we have. If you’re seeking a prompt to fuel your artistic activity of the day, here are six quotes on painting to keep you company:
1. “A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.” Elaine de Kooning
2. “Poets paint with words, painters speak with works.” Annibale Carracci
2. “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” Oscar Wilde
3. “I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” Vincent Van Gogh
