“I grew up on a farm with only two TV channels. I didn't grow up around much culture. When I got excited about painting, I never really got further than what would have been in a modern art history textbook.” Has BeensArtTwoCultureGrowsGrowing UpModernPaintingTvsGrewGrew UpExcitedFarmsTextbooksArt HistoryModern ArtHistory Textbooks Author:Neil Farber
“As we breathe and live, have a conversation, and you look in someone's eyes, and you see a sunset or have an argument or read a book or see a painting or whatever you do, it influences you. And as you live your art, it changes and grows just like you and your soul or whatever you want to call it. For me, it's never-ending, I call it "the organizer of chaos." That's what I do with this and I present it in a way that I dream. So basically, I'm just sharing my dreams with all of you.” WayWantLooksArtBookSoulDreamEyeGrowsInfluencePaintingLike YouConversationArgumentChaosBreatheYour SoulSunsetNever EndingOrganizer Author:Jared Leto
“I didn't grow up in a naked household, but nudity was not a taboo thing. My mother was an artist and there were naked sculptures and paintings all over the place.” MotherArtistGrowsGrowing UpPaintingNakedHouseholdSculptureTabooNudity Author:Ingrid Michaelson
“Small thoughts grow into a picture. It may suggest an individual or it may suggest a place, but generally the painting's job is to work that [idea] into an abstract proposition that is completely removed from the starting point.” MayIdeasJobsIndividualGrowsPaintingStartingAbstractPropositionsStarting Point Author:Nigel Cooke