“I wish I felt energetic and could paint all the time, because there are so many paintings I'd like to do.” Quote by Wanda Koop
“For the surface, I'm not interested in painterly convention. It's more interesting if it looks like it painted itself.” IfsLooksInterestingSurfaceConventionsNot Interested Author:Wanda Koop
“As a painter, taking photos is a form of shorthand - note-taking.” FormPhotographyNotesPainterShorthandNote Taking Author:Wanda Koop
“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