Painting Quotes

[While he followed his mother's lead into fashion, his appreciation for fine art hasn't waned, and, if he had the time, he'd still be painting. For now, he settles for taking snapshots with his digital camera.] I don't take big panoramic pictures... I pay attention to detail. I take (photographs of) rose petals, the veins of leaves and tiny animals like ladybugs. - Roberto Cavalli

[Then a terrible thing happened. In August 2002 his four-month-old son, Jake, died, a victim of cot death.] I found myself painting every single day... It most definitely helped me deal with the situation. It was how I coped. It was good for me. - Jody Craddock

[The VIP area, which is geared to live entertainment, is a black-lit stage with a neon painting resembling New York City on the walls.] It's supposed to resemble New York City... Look, we even have the Twin Towers on there. - Mike Wells

[The library's board sees it differently.] Ours was a decision to get out of the picture business... It was not a decision taken cavalierly, nor was it market-driven. Paintings are simply not part of our mission. - Paul LeClerc

[The digital revolution, he argued, would bring comics closer to their roots: cave paintings. Yes, cave paintings.] The ancestors of printed comics drew, painted and carved their time-paths from beginning to end, without interruption... the infinite canvas. - Scott McCloud

[She also made enduring friendships with some of the other Rome Prize winners, and has ongoing collaborative projects with a few of them. Williams wrote a series of poems about the paintings of a painter-winner; one of them might be included with a December exhibit of those paintings. A composer-winner set two of her poems to music, for soprano and a small chamber ensemble, and these were performed at the Yale Summer Festival of Music.] We're trying to work on a larger collaborative project... His interpretation of the poems was so uncannily perfect to me. I was bracing myself - maybe it'll be good, maybe it'll be bad - and it was amazing. It was much better than I expected. - Lisa Williams

[Mary Saunders said when the center opens they hope to provide a fun, positive place for children to spend time.] There are several different things that we are going to offer... There will be a visual arts department and in that department there will be painting, sculpting, drawing, jewelry making, arts and crafts and several other activities. - Mary Saunders

[Many hours spent craning his neck to look at his drawings and paintings led to muscle spasms, so he turned to his computer.] It's a phenomenal medium... There are so many things you can do. It's consuming a lot of my time, but I think it's well-spent. - Jim Hubbard