“Painting cannot be the only activity of a mature artist.” ArtistPaintingActivityMature Author:Ad Reinhardt
“If some student came up and wanted to know where to study painting, you'd want to suggest someplace, but there's no place. I wouldn't know where to send a student to study.” IfsKnowsWantWantedStudyStudentsPainting Book:Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt Source: Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt
“It is not right for painters to think that painting is like prostitution, that 'first you do it for love, then you do it for others, and finally you do it for money.” ThinkingFirstsPaintingProfessionPainterProstitution Author:Ad Reinhardt
“I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.” ArtStillsClassWorstTaughtPaintingChineseIndianDepartmentFacilityArt HistoryStill Life Author:Ad Reinhardt
“My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil.” LightEvilForceDarknessPaintingVictory Book:Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt Source: Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt
“Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are. That's an interesting fact when you take the idea of making money, making a living selling paintings. Only a dozen or two painters do that.” TwoIdeasFactsSchoolArtistInterestingNew YorkPaintingMajorityConnectedSellingPainterMaking MoneyMuseumsDozenMaking A LivingInteresting Fact Book:Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt Source: Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt
