"It's such an extraordinary supple medium that you never do quite know what paint will do."
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"Rhetoric paints with a broad brush."
"Paint what you like and die happy"
"I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course."
"I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers."
"I paint what I see, not what a camera would see."
"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love."
"The soul paints itself in our machines."
"I love the look of buffed nails. They look neat and chic without actually having to paint your nails-and it takes no time!"
"The motivation to paint seems more pure, or at least more personal, when the artist is doing it for herself."