A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
Damien Hirst
I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.
Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple.
Robyn Hitchcock
I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.
David Hockney
When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.
My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.
Easel painting means small painting.
When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.
Howard Hodgkin
A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.