“I have a friend who says a beautiful painting can cure headaches, but I want it to cure a little bit more! I want it to cure the society of voting for Donald Trump.” WantLittlesBeautifulBitsPaintingTrumpLittle BitCuresVotingHeadacheBeautiful Paintings Author:Pat Steir
“Art as a political gesture is committed to making something beautiful, and then understanding what beauty is in your own time, because what we think of as beauty changes with time. The notion of beauty everywhere changes.” ThinkingArtBeautifulPoliticalUnderstandingNotionCommittedGesturesSomething BeautifulBeauty Everywhere Author:Pat Steir
“We live in a time when people are afraid of beauty, because beauty passes; you can't hang on to it. And even if you see something or someone beautiful, the next time you hear it, it sounds different. So you can't cling to beauty; beauty passes and when that passes, you realize you pass too, and you will die. And that's why people cry at a beautiful view, a beautiful lecture, a beautiful painting, a new baby.” PeopleIfsDifferentBeautifulDiesNextSoundRealizingViewsCryPaintingBabyNext TimeLecturesNew BabyBeautiful Paintings Author:Pat Steir
“When you see the holy halo around the holy heads on holy paintings - the halo is a bright light so you can't see the face. The face comes in darkness because it would be too beautiful to see. If there were such a thing as a holy person, a god, with a halo around his head, you wouldn't be able to see his face because the beauty would be terrifying.” IfsPersonsLightWould BeAbleBeautifulFacesDarknessPaintingHolyHalosBright Lights Author:Pat Steir
“I have my moods, but I can always see something beautiful.” I CanBeautifulMoodSomething Beautiful Author:Pat Steir