Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Vain is the hope by colouring to display The bright effulgence of the noontide ray Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of the skies With pencils dipt in dull terrestrial dyes.

All gardening is landscape painting.

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reaveals itself.

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.