painting
n. The process of protecting flat, canvas surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
Cynical Quotations
Rembrandt painted 700 pictures. Of these, 3,000 are still in existence.
— Wilhelm Bode
Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work: the ancients painted their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patrons.
— Ambrose Bierce