“A tree. When I paint one, it sets everyone on edge. It's because there's someone or something hidden behind that tree. I can't help painting what's hidden behind things. To me a swimmer is already a drowned man.”

Robert Le Vigan - Le peintre

“You know, that was the hardest part about having to portray you, grinning like an idiot every fifteen minutes.”
Dougray Scott - Sean Ambrose

“- Ramona Calvert: You smell just delicious, Justin, you wearin' cologne?
- Justin Matisse: No, just sweat with a little paint thinner mixed in.”
Gena Rowlands - Ramona Calvert
Harry Connick Jr. - Justin Matisse

“- Interviewer: How do you know when you're finished with a painting?
- Jackson Pollock: How do you know when you're finished making love?”
Ed Harris - Jackson Pollock

“- Lee Krasner: You're not just randomly putting paint on the canvas, you're painting something. You can't abstract from nothing, you can only abstract from life, from nature.
- Jackson Pollock: I am nature.”
Marcia Gay Harden - Lee Krasner
Ed Harris - Jackson Pollock