“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”

“Some paintings become famous because, being durable, they are viewed by successive generations, in each of which are likely to be found a few appreciative eyes. I know a painting so evanescent that it is seldom viewed at all, except by some wandering deer. It is a river who wields the brush, and it is the same river who, before I can bring my friends to view his work, erases it forever from human view. After that it exists only in my mind's eye. Like other artists, my river is temperamental; there is no predicting when the mood to paint will come upon him, or how long it will last. But in midsummer, when the great white fleets cruise the sky for day after flawless day, it is worth strolling down to the sandbars just to see whether he has been at work.”

“cease to regard the canvas as a surface on which to paint a picture, but instead as a surface on which to record an event”

“Being a painter, I ought to say why in pictures people's faces are painted green and red.”

“She can paint a pretty picture but this story has a twist. The paintbrush is a razor and the canvas is her wrist.”

“Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books.”

“She can paint a lovely picture, but this story has a twist. her paintbrush is a razor, and her canvas is her wrist.”