“There's actually a disdain for the conversation about audience in the art world. Artist to artist, if you say, "What do you think about audience?" they would probably say, "I don't think about audience, I only think about my work," yet the audience is such an important part.” IfsThinkingWorldArtImportantArtistAudienceConversationDisdainArt World Author:Eric Fischl
“Personally, I never believe an artist saying "I do it for myself" is saying the truth, because why would you go through the trouble of making something that goes out into the world if you didn't care about somebody else seeing it? It's like the difference between those who choose "more comfortably termed entertainment" versus what people think of as the "art life," which is supposedly more monastic or spiritual. I don't believe in those distinctions.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldBelieveArtCareSpiritualArtistDifferencesSeeingTroubleTruth IsDon't BelieveEntertainmentDistinctionVersusSaying The TruthArt Life Author:Eric Fischl
“I think people who make objects like the distance; they're not there when the other person is taking it in.” PeopleThinkingPersonsObjectsDistance Author:Eric Fischl
“I think of art as a glue, a cultural and social glue. It's one of the means that has served to show us the things we believe in and the things we celebrate; it has served to reinforce our relationship to each other.” ThinkingBelieveMeanArtShowsSocialCelebrateOur RelationshipGlue Author:Eric Fischl
“I don't think my work is so much about opening up wounds. I think it's about understanding the nature of the wound. I'm not bleeding on the canvas. I, like most people, have suffered traumatic events. The character of a person's life is determined by the way they deal with those events. I am a creative person and I deal with it creatively.” PeopleThinkingWayPersonsCharacterLife IsUnderstandingDealsCreativeEventsDeterminedWoundsOpeningCanvasBleedingOpening UpCreative PersonCharacter Of A PersonTraumatic Events Author:Eric Fischl
