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Quote by David Salle

“It's a mistake to ask a work of art to be all things to all people.”

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David Salle is an influential American painter born on September 28, 1952. Known for his unique artistic style and interdisciplinary approach, Salle's work has made a significant impact in the contemporary art world. His paintings often blend various artistic techniques, including collage, photography, and painting, reflecting his profound insights into culture, society, and history. more

“We need more female directors, we also need men to step up and identify with female characters and stories about women. We don't want to create a ghetto where women have to do movies about women. To assume stories about women need to be told by a woman isn't necessarily true, just as stories about men don't need a male director.”

Men Character Female Assuming Ghetto Step Up

Author:Geena Davis

“I think a good painting or a good work of art does many things it wants, I mean, maybe 15 or 20 or 100. One of the things a painting does is to make the room look better. It improves the wall that it's on. Which is much harder than it looks. And that's a good thing. And if one engages with a painting on that level, that's fine, that's great. After some time, familiarity, the other things that a painting does, the other layers, they just start to make themselves felt.”

Thinking Mean Art Painting Wall Good Things Good Work Familiarity

Author:David Salle

“People are still making paintings. People are still enjoying paintings, looking at paintings. Paintings still have something to tell us. There's a way of being in the world that painting brings to us, that painters bring to the task that we absorb and are able to be in dialogue with. That's something that's part of us.”

People World Enjoy Painting Dialogue Painter

Author:David Salle

“We're in the second golden age of television, and to me, one of the most profound things that's happening in TV is just that by default that opened the door to more women, more people of color, more outliers. It's one of the greatest side effects of the digital revolution.”

People Age Revolution Profound

Author:Marti Noxon