“It can be frightening to spend 5 weeks alone in a cabin in the wilderness. I was able to collect my thoughts and worked a lot - because I couldn't do anything else.” AbleWeekSolitudeWildernessFrighteningMy ThoughtsCabins Author:Wanda Koop
“I paint bridges because they're in transition; you're coming or going, you're not anywhere - full of possibility.” PossibilityPaintBridgesTransition Author:Wanda Koop
“There's an assumption that because I'm an artist, I've got all the time in the world.” WorldArtistTimeAssumption Author:Wanda Koop
“Going on the ship felt like 100 years or one day. Timeless. Beautiful vertigo. It will continue to show up in my work.” YearsShowsBeautifulFeltOne DayTravelShipsTimelessVertigo Author:Wanda Koop
“When I start doing a body of work I feel vulnerable, fearful. If I stopped trusting the process, I would stop doing art.” IfsFeelsArtBodyProcessVulnerableVulnerabilityFearful Author:Wanda Koop
“It's destiny! Perhaps it is the energy that pulls on the threads and, well, I'm just leaving it as it is meant to be.” WellsEnergyDestinyLeavingMeant To BeThread Author:Liu Dan
“I had serious training of painting styles from different historical periods... But to have all this training is not enough to be an artist. You have to add a new page to history; otherwise you are not making a contribution. But making history is not easy.” DifferentEnoughArtistEasyHistoryStylePaintingSeriousPeriodsPagesTrainingAddHistoricalContributionMaking History Author:Liu Dan
“At that time, I was still in an experimental stage, trying to blend Western drawing techniques and Chinese brushwork together. It was harder for me back then... But that piece is special and important, because it represents vigilance and innocence; the kind of precious innocence only present at the beginning of a new artistic exploration.” TryingKindStillsImportantTogetherPiecesSpecialStageHarderWesternTechniqueDrawingArtisticChineseInnocenceWorking TogetherExplorationVigilance Author:Liu Dan
“It is not about surpassing the masters who preceded us but more about opening new artistic vistas. It is about doing the things they didn't have a chance or the time to do.” ChanceMastersOpeningArtisticVistasSurpassing Author:Liu Dan
“I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between nature and man.” ThinkingMenPhilosophyTogetherNaturePerspectiveAncientNew PerspectiveMan And NatureAncient Philosophy Author:Liu Dan