Painted Desert may refer to:
In places:
- Painted Desert (Arizona), an area of badlands in the southwestern United States
- Painted Desert (South Australia), a mountainous area in south-central Australia
- Painted Desert, a neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, US
In entertainment:
- The Painted Desert, a 1931 film starring Clark Gable
- "The Painted Desert," the second movement of Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite
- "The Painted Desert," a 1985 single by Pat Benatar from her 1984 album Tropico
- "The Painted Desert," a song by 10,000 Maniacs from their 1987 album In My Tribe
- Painted Desert Serenade, a 1993 album by Joshua Kadison
Famous quotes containing the words painted and/or desert:
“‘Tis the eye of childhood
That fears a painted devil.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity ends. Ants keep on digging. Most people don’t. They establish contact with the soil, absorb so much vernal vigor that they can’t stay in one place, and desert the fork or spade to see how the rhubarb is coming and whether the asparagus is yet in sight.”
—Hal Borland (1900–1978)