“To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.” ThinkingBookArtistAlbumsStatementsThemeVariation Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“I find I can't get rid of my trashiness as an artist. A lot of my themes in painting, to the extent that there are intentional themes, are meant to bring that conundrum into high relief.” I CanArtistPaintingThemeReliefConundrums Author:John Currin
“All my pictures are a kind of revision of my original idea. This is surely very different from the way in which Japanese or Chinese artists work: their themes are pre-ordained, whereas mine are invented at will.” WayKindIdeasDifferentArtistMinesOriginalsInventionChineseThemeRevisionOriginal Ideas Author:Antoni Tapies
“The life of reality is confused, disorderly, almost always without apparent purpose, whereas in the artist's imaginative life there is purpose. There is determination to give the tale, the song, the painting, form -- to make it true and real to the theme, not to life.” GivingArtRealRealityFormPurposeArtistSongPaintingDeterminationTalesConfusedThemeImaginative Book:The Sherwood Anderson reader Source: The Sherwood Anderson reader