“Painting seems an old man's business. After a certain time you're out of it, and you just paint masterpieces.” MenSeemsCertainPaintingMastersPaintOld ManMasterpiece Author:Alex Katz
“Picasso and Matisse were the guys I wanted to get away from, and cubism is all still lifes. Their paintings are all closed drawings. And still life is a perfect form for that. By the mid-'50s, I sort of dropped the still life. The large picture was a way of getting around them, too. The abstract expressionists were also into the large form because it was a way of getting around Matisse and Picasso. Picasso can't paint big paintings. Matisse didn't bother after a certain point.” WayStillsBigsWantedFormLife IsGuyCertainPerfectPaintingPaintDrawingBotherAbstractGet AwayStill LifeCubismMatisse Author:Alex Katz
“You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.” LittlesPaintScaredMasterpiece Author:Alex Katz
“Part of what Im about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way.” WayI CanDifferentSeeingPaintDifferent Things Book:Alex Katz, process and development: small paintings from the collection of Paul J. Schupf '58 Source: Alex Katz, process and development: small paintings from the collection of Paul J. Schupf '58
