“Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.” FirstsSaidChoicesNextViewsPayPaintingBusyPoint Of ViewKitchen Author:F. Murray Abraham
“I think one important thing that happens in the studio is accepting yourself as the enemy and painting from that point of view. So instead of pointing the finger outward and passing judgment, instead, you start with yourself as your own worst enemy.” ThinkingImportantHappensViewsAcceptingEnemyWorstPaintingJudgmentImportant ThingsFingersStudiosPoint Of ViewPassingPassingsPointingWorst EnemyAccepting YourselfPointing FingersPassing Judgment Author:Lisa Yuskavage
“I started hiding my paintings in certain ways, like behind panes of glass for example. Then, instead of hiding them I did something quite cold and clinical: I built a wooden box, filled it with enamel paint and dunked the painting in so you could only see a suggestion of it from a controlled point of view.” WayCertainViewsBehindsExamplePaintingColdBuiltFilledPaintGlassesBoxesPoint Of ViewControlledHidingSuggestionsClinicals Author:Oliver Jeffers
“I respect journalism. I was always very aware of journalism from a very broad point of view, but I'd say my baptism by fire was doing the Donald Margulies play Time Stands Still. That for me was a real education because I spent a lot of time with some incredible journalists, war reporters particularly - Bob Woodruff, Dexter Filkins - people who were very helpful in painting the picture for me and reading the accounts of people and what they experienced, a lot of PTSD.” PeopleStillsWarRealPlayReadingViewsFirePaintingAccountsIncrediblesPoint Of ViewJournalismJournalistHelpfulBroadsBobReportersPtsdBaptismReal EducationPlay Time Author:James D'arcy
“[I] don't want people to see it [paintings] as a specific intention on my part. If somebody has that interest in these objects, of course they can see that, but from my own point of view, I'd rather stay as neutral as possible.” PeopleIfsWantCoursesInterestMy OwnViewsObjectsPaintingIntentionPoint Of View Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“Believing that navel-gazing in and of itself can transform itself into something that means something for society. I mean, we are communicative creatures. We desire to sort of understand each other's experiences and points of view. Storytelling is what painting, literature, filmmaking is all about.” BelieveMeanDesireLiteratureViewsPaintingCreaturesPoint Of ViewStorytellingFilmmakingGazingNavelNavel Gazing Author:Kehinde Wiley