“They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought.” SaidColorPaintingHugeSilentCriticsViolentGrayWrestlingOppressedStrokesSoberBrushesBrush Strokes Author:Antoni Tapies
“We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those, sometimes very subliminally, it makes people respond.” PeopleThinkingSometimesMemoriesShareModernPaintingHugePhotographVisuals Author:Chris Hondros
“I'm painting so much that I don't listen to much music. Because music is another creative outlet, it's a huge distraction for me when I paint.” CreativePaintingHugeMusic IsPaintDistractionOutletsCreative Outlets Author:Chris Mars
“I'm a huge science fan; I read a lot of science books. But I'm not a scientist, my interest in science is I love the facts, but I like to interpret those facts. They become the raw materials for stories and paintings and things.” BookFactsStoriesInterestFansPaintingMaterialsHugeScientistRaw MaterialsScience Books Author:Dave McKean
“I had a total revelation with the feminist moment, with Carolee Scheeman and Marina Abromovic and of course Joan Jonas; that was a big breakthrough with me. And through them, I was introduced to Chris Burden and Bruce Nauman and Vito Acconci. You can almost call it a gang, because the works are always talking together. That stuff had a huge impact on me, but other than that, my interest had always been old paintings.” MomentsBigsTogetherCoursesStuffInterestTalkingPaintingHugeImpactFeministBurdenRevelationsGangBreakthrough Author:Ragnar Kjartansson
“In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it.” DealsPaintingHuge Author:Honore de Balzac
“Looking at paintings was a huge part of finding my way into the lush world of the 18th century.” WorldWayCenturyPaintingHugeFindingsMy Way18th CenturyLush Author:Rebecca Miller
“It became a question of taste. I have a certain taste in art history. And that - I had a huge library of art history books in my studio. And I would simply have the models go through those books with me, and we began a conversation about, like, what painting means, why we do it, why people care about it why or how it can mean or make sense today.” PeopleMeanArtBookCareTodayCertainPaintingHugeTasteConversationModelsLibraryStudiosMake SenseArt HistoryHistory Books Author:Kehinde Wiley