“I love the fact that there are more and more young people out there who still want to make a flat two-dimensional surface come alive with three dimensional magic.” PeopleWantStillsTwoFactsYoungThreeAliveMagicSurfaceFlats Author:Burton Silverman
“In an era when museum curators were busy introducing the public to photographs of daily life taken by Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Diane Arbus, why did they simultaneously disdain paintings depicting the same kind of people?” PeopleKindTakenPaintingPhotographBusyErasDaily LifeMuseumsFrankIntroducingDisdainCuratorCartierHenri Cartier Bresson Author:Burton Silverman
“I am stuck with my passion for the objective world, for the constantly shifting shades of meaning to the events of my life, to the states of being of the people I paint, and to the persistent need to get it right.” PeopleWorldNeedsStatesPassionEventsPaintStuckObjectivesShadeRealismPersistentShiftingMy Passion Author:Burton Silverman
“I continue to make paintings of people and their moments in our time because I am of that time. Out of that I hope to make pictures that are timeless.” PeopleMomentsPaintingOur TimeTimelessTimeliness Author:Burton Silverman
“I love the fact that this art might somehow affect the way people see, and thus open a window on the world.” PeopleWorldWayArtFactsMightWindow Author:Burton Silverman
