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Quote by David Salle

“What most paintings do is give you a path for your eye to move around. The painting actually tells your eye, go here, now go here, now go here, go here. So all you have to do is look at it, give it a few seconds, and your eye will start to move through the painting.”

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David Salle

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

“If you go to a concert, you will notice, is it loud? Is the music fast? Is it predominately strings or brass? There are things we can all register, whether we are musicians or not. Painting's no different. Taking pleasure in projecting oneself into the painting is the act of looking. That's what looking is.”

Different Pleasure Painting Musician Oneself

Author:David Salle

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

People Art Mistake

Author:David Salle

“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