“The integrity of being an artist for Frank Stella means going into the unknown.A great artist is somebody who's not scared to reinvent themselves and to start all over again. And some artists do it once, twice, three times in their career. He's done it probably a dozen times or more.” MeanDoneArtistThreeCareersIntegrityScaredDozenFrankGreat ArtThree TimesGreat ArtistBeing An ArtistStella Author:Frank Stella
“I had to find a way to paint abstractly, which is what I wanted to do. I couldn't forget Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, I mean that was the basis.” WayMeanWantedForgetBasesPaintKandinsky Author:Frank Stella
“I get cranky real easily. So the honor of it and the wonder of it all and everything has a hard time overcoming the petty annoyances; I mean, that's simply the reality of being alive, I guess.” MeanRealHardRealityWonderAliveHonorOvercomingHard TimesPettyAnnoyanceCranky Author:Frank Stella