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Julian Schnabel, born on October 26, 1951, is a renowned American artist. Known for his unique painting and sculpture, his works blend various art media. Schnabel's artistic career began in the 1970s, and his works have had a profound impact on the art world.

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“I think it was so unfair that people attacked Freida Pinto for being an Indian, playing a Palestinian.”

People Thinking Indian Palestinian Unfair

Author:Julian Schnabel

“When I made my first film, Basquiat, I think one of the criticisms was that the way I work is episodic. Later, as people started to look at the movies, they started to realize that maybe that's my style. If I could do it better or another way, I guess I would.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Firsts Looks Made Film Realizing Style Criticism If I Could Another Way Basquiat

Author:Julian Schnabel

“Many people say to me, "I saw [Miral] and it really stayed with me. I woke up the next day and really thought about it, and have been thinking about it for awhile." That was my goal.”

People Thinking Has Beens Next Goal Saws Next Day

Author:Julian Schnabel

“Nobody is perfect. I don't think it's the most scathing indictment of anybody. It's pretty innocuous. [Miral] is just the story of one family and one girl, living in that part of the world, and that's what goes on over there. I thought that maybe it would be informative and useful for people to know more about it.”

People Thinking Knows World Stories Would Be Girl Perfect Goes On Informative Indictment

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“It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.”

Thinking Matter

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“Sometimes I'll dream that I saw a show and then I'll wake up in the morning and realize that I didn't see the show, that it was my dream. And I just remember what the paintings look like in the dream and I think, "Oh, nobody painted those. I can do that."”

Thinking Looks I Can Sometimes Shows Dream Remember Can Do Realizing Morning Saws Painting Wake Up

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“I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists.”

People Thinking Young Artist Interesting Interesting Things Young Artists

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“I think style is a fringe benefit that looks like you made it.”

Thinking Looks Made Style Like You Benefits Made It Fringe

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“I think people have problems sometimes when things are too general. In fact, they are not really general at all.”

People Thinking Sometimes Facts Problem

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“I think, basically, I'm an abstract artist. I just think that that's not even an issue. I think everything's abstract.”

Thinking Artist Issues Abstract

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“I'm not mannerist. I don't think I'm interested in mannerism. If I ever use it in a way, or if manner is like some kind of product of certain sorts of usage of different kinds of materials, then it's about involution or turning in on that.”

Ifs Thinking Way Kind Different Use Certain Materials Products Different Kinds Usage Mannerisms

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“I think it's your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around.”

Ifs Thinking Seeing Okay Ghost

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“Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort of physical space that the paintings occupy...like personages.”

People Thinking Matter Might Certain Space Subjects Painting Involved Subject Matter

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“I think basically I'm a painter, but I would use anything to make my point.”

Thinking Use Painter

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“I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful.”

Thinking Way Feels Feelings Beautiful

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“I don't think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes.”

Thinking Painting Broken Dishes

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“I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious.”

Thinking Feels Self Consciousness Painting Conscious Self Conscious

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“The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics.”

Thinking Artist Difficult New York Critics Hardest

Author:Julian Schnabel

“I think the nice thing about showing work in New York is that other artists come to see it. When you show work in Switzerland or somewhere else, everywhere else seems to be the provinces in a certain way. You wonder what your paintings are doing on the walls and you wonder who's looking at them.”

Thinking Way Shows Seems Artist Certain Wonder Nice New York Painting Wall Somewhere Else Nice Things Provinces Switzerland

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“I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.”

People Thinking Writing Mean Good Things Compliment Charlatans

Author:Julian Schnabel

“I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be.”

Thinking Knowing Painting Not Knowing Think Of You Good Place

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“A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when things suddenly affect the painting. I mix up this red and it affects the whole painting or this little bit of white falls down there, and something changes the whole nature of the thing. The residue on what happens, that's what's in the paintings.”

People Thinking Littles Hard Whole Moments Happens Fall Bits White Painting Little Bit Red Things Change Falling Down

Author:Julian Schnabel

“I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about.”

People Thinking Knows Fiction Nice Truth Is Stranger Stranger Than Fiction

Author:Julian Schnabel

About the Author

Born: October 26, 1951
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 63

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