“Collage-making, for me, is basically an act of painting, allowing me to indulge in an appetite for immediacy.” Quote by Abe Ajay
“I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.” IfsLooksEnoughUseSubjectsStudentsColorColourGood EnoughAdvise Author:Abe Ajay
“By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation, manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block.” ArtSelfFashionSeriousLonelyMarketingValuableBlockOperationsThoughtfulServingScholarCommercePersuasionSelf ServingAuctions Author:Abe Ajay
“Every time some new huckster of angst-ridden metaphor is appointed by Art Forum, the congregation genuflects, stroking the catalog like a handful of Rosary beads, and starts spreading that old gospel according to Hyperbole. No questions asked... And thus the bill of goods is sold, all along the line. An art historical snake, swallowing its own tale.” ArtLinesBillsHistoricalMetaphorTalesGoodsSnakesHandfulAngstCongregationForumsBeadsRosaryContemporary ArtSwallowingHyperboleQuestions AskedRosary Beads Author:Abe Ajay
“Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that 'Search is the Process' and 'Discovery the Art Form.” ArtFormProcessDiscoveryConviction Author:Abe Ajay
“The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of discoveries are apt to surface from a single shaft.” MightNumbersDiscoveryStudiosSurfaceOperationsMiningVertical Author:Abe Ajay
“The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial 'nose for the new look.' But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blow the necessary whistle and holler, 'Hold on guys! What the hell is this ugly bit of business?” WorldLooksArtSeemsGuyBitsBrainHellFashionIndustryBlowUglyNosesGutsArt WorldFashion IndustryWhitneyNew Look Author:Abe Ajay
“It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.” UseRiskInvolvedPromiseEssentialsDiscovery Author:Abe Ajay
“I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings.” CountryDoneStreetsPaintingWallBuyingWealthyCollectors Author:Scott Kahn
“Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists develop their own palette and color sense.” ArtistColorExpressionVisualsSensibilitySensitivityInnatePalette Author:Scott Kahn
“The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality and will lose its 'punch' when topical concerns move on to other interests.” ArtTodayMovingInterestLosesConcernDrivenContemporaryContemporary Art Author:Scott Kahn