“There comes a point when the paint doesn't feel like paint. I don't know why. Some mysterious thing happens. I think you have all experienced it... What counts is that the paint should really disappear, otherwise it's craft.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldHappensPaintDisappearThings HappenMysteriousCraftsMysterious Things Author:Philip Guston
“In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?” KnowsMadeDesireColorPaintingPaint Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations
“You know, comments about style always seem strange to me - 'why do you work in this style, or in that style' - as if you had a choice in the matter... What you're doing is trying to stay alive and continue and not die.” IfsKnowsTryingMatterSeemsDiesChoicesAliveStyleStrangeCommentStaying Alive Author:Philip Guston
“Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere.” KnowsMightDesireArtistMemoriesPiecesMagicPaintingIllusionPaintSensations Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations
