Egon Schiele

I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds. Egon Schiele

The painting has a life of its own. Jackson Pollock

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. James McNeill Whistler

The subject comes first, the medium second. Richard Prince

The people who call my work ‘abstract’ are imbeciles.. what they call ‘abstract’ is in fact the purest realism, the reality of which is not represented by external form but by the idea behind it, the essence of the work. Constantin Brancusi

I dream a lot. I do more painting when I’m not painting. It’s in the subconscious. Diego Rivera

A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing. Giorgio Morandi

 Reflected Arrows 1974 Jeffrey Smart

It’s not a matter of painting life, it’s a matter of giving life to painting. Jeffrey Smart
 I’m trying to create flesh architecture. I aim to get a sculptural feel for groups of bodies, as well as create performance art. Banksy

Hunter, by Banksy