“I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use almost anything from household items - Jackson Pollock used house paint - to, you know, advanced computer systems, to good old oil paint and acrylic paint.” ThinkingKnowsUseAgeUsedArtistHouseMaterialsComputerPaintIncrediblesOilCommandRangeHouseholdItemsComputer SystemsPollock Author:Bill Viola
“My father had wanted to be a commercial artist. He got as far as being a photographer in the army in World War II, but he was always a Sunday painter. At a certain point, he gave me his oil paints and I messed around with them, having no idea what I was doing.” WorldIdeasWarWantedArtistCertainFatherArmyPaintPhotographerOilPainterNo IdeaWar Of The WorldsSundayWorld War IiWorld War I Author:David Salle
“To an artist, a picture is both a sum of ideas and a blurry memory of 'pushing paint,' breathing fumes, dripping oils and wiping brushes, smearing and diluting and mixing.” IdeasArtistMemoriesPaintOilBreathingPushingBrushesMixingDrippingBlurry Book:What Painting Is Source: What Painting Is