Winslow Homer Quotes

Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.

My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my novel that I wrote not too long ago, 'The Hornet's Nest,' I painted the cover picture for it and I do a good bit of painting now.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

I used to paint pictures - what happened was, I used to draw and paint pictures. And some of my friends would be, like, 'Yo, you should put that on a T-shirt,' because that's where their brain would go.

Seven days a week, I'm always drawing, doodling, or painting, whether I'm in the studio or on a plane.

I just wanted to paint and sketch and tell stories by drawing.

Even Andy never hung his own paintings. He'd sell them or put them in a box.

My passion for painting is so sacred and personal to me.

My primary thing is to make a painting, not necessarily to make a painting to sell for gazillions of dollars, but just to make a painting.

Over the years I always did some water colors, and I did a series of pictures of drawings. I always did it during a period of time that was slow in the photo business, but in essence it was always frustrating because I'd get started, and then it would be time to get back to work and I wouldn't get anywhere with the painting.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

But I think that's a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and the canvass, you and the particular kind of experience of that particular moment.

My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.

In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself.

I really want to continue doing art. I would love to go back to doing paintings one day.

I don't even think about maintaining a relevance. I just think about what do I want to paint, what am I gonna do now, what am I gonna do later.

The people I feel inspired around draw pictures, they make paintings.

When you're not hearing my voice, I'm working on art. So if you're not hearing me, I'm working for the people and getting inspired.

All I try to do is put as many colors as I can on the canvas every night.

Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.

Artists need to express.

I start a picture and I finish it.

Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You're painting pictures of emotions.