The Archibald Prize Winning Painting is Always a Controversial Announcement - Learn about Painting

April 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Art and Literature come together like never before

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Enjoy some excellent painting quotations from Wordwaves.com’s quotation library. Search “painting” on Wordwaves.com to learn more.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1519) 

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete said:
"Sculpture shows with little labour what in painting appears a miraculous thing to do; to make what is impalpable appear palpable, flat objects appear in relief, distant objects seem close."

Louisa May Alcott (1869)

Little Women said:
"From fire to oil was a natural transition for burned fingers, and Amy fell to painting with undiminished ardor."

Genji Monogatari and Various
(1100) 
Japanese Literature said:
"Lady Plum, too, as it happened, possessed the same taste as the Emperor, and used often to amuse herself by painting."

George Eliot (1871)

Middlemarch A Study of Provincial Life said:
"But if you have a genius for painting, would it not be right to take that as a guide?"

There is a whole world of expressive quotations and sayings for you to view on http://wordwaves.com - let your mind’s eye take you on a literary journey around the globe and back again.

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