“If you can see a world within a portrait I would be happy with that. I don't want to tell the story with a painting, though. I'm trying to get away from the story- from the beginning and the ending.” IfsWorldWantTryingStoriesWould BePaintingGet AwayPortraits Author:Danny Fox
“I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else.” WantPaintingTake MeViewersSomewhere Else Author:Julian Schnabel
“There was this interesting quote: try and live your life without fear and desire. It's this concept that's like when you look at a painting in a museum and you are held in aesthetic arrest. So the I, the ego, is stripped, is gone. The observer and thing become one. That's where fear and desire come in because you don't want to own it, possess it, desire it, and it's not moving you to fear. It's like you're in this harmonious state with the object.” WantTryingLooksStatesMovingDesireInterestingGoneObjectsPaintingLike YouEgoConceptsMuseumsAestheticLive Your LifeObserversHarmonious Author:Zack Snyder
“You have weak artificial intelligence, which is a robot or a computer system that follows a list of protocols and it's like yes/no answers that can be as complex as you want, and then you have strong A.I., which is basically like a human, like something that can think up a thought that's never been thought up or paint a painting or write a poem.” ThinkingWantWritingHumansStrongAnswersPaintingComputerWeakComplexesPaintListsArtificial IntelligenceArtificialRobotsLike SomethingProtocolComputer Systems Author:Neill Blomkamp
“The thing I'm obsessed with is really great bad paintings. I have a storage locker full of them and I want to give them their own museum. You don't even know who these artists are - you can buy them at garage sales, antique stores and places like that. They're brilliant because they were done with the intention of being great, but the artist sort of made a wrong turn. Some of them are hilarious and I can't get enough of them.” KnowsWantGivingMadeI CanDoneEnoughArtistTurnsPaintingIntentionStoresBrilliantObsessedMuseumsReally GreatGarageAntiquesLockersStorageWrong TurnGarage Sale Author:Jennifer Coolidge
“And yes, there are things I want to keep, that I like around me - especially when there's very little left. I just want to keep those little bits of reminders of my past. There are certain drawings from the '60s; certain little paintings from the '60s that I keep.” WantLittlesPastCertainLeftBitsPaintingLittle BitDrawingRemindersMy Past Author:Robert Barry
“This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted while others are obscured or even pushed back into the dark. And it's something that we do - we bring out elements that we want to emphasise.” WantUseLightDarkPaintingElements Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell him how to finish his movie or how to shape his movie.” WantArtistPracticePaintingShapesGoldenGolden Rule Author:Wayne White
“[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
“If I were making paintings of a bowl of fruit it would still be viewed through some sort of political lens, because the viewer wants to create a type of narrative around the political theme when they look at work depicting black and brown models.” IfsWantLooksStillsPoliticalBlackPaintingTypeModelsFruitNarrativeThemeBrownBowlsViewersLenses Author:Kehinde Wiley
“I think that at its best, painting can be an act of juggling perceptions, a hall of mirrors. And it can be a bit confusing and scattering. But as the artist, as the man behind the velvet rope who controls the smoke and the mirrors and the way that things move in the painted space, what I want to do is to try my best to be a good witness.” ThinkingMenWayWantTryingMovingArtistBitsSpaceBehindsHe ManPaintingPerceptionMirrorsWitnessSmokeHallsConfusingRopeVelvetJuggling Author:Kehinde Wiley
“My studio practice is a - I suppose a bit more like [Thomas] Gainsborough or [Peter Paul] Rubens in the sense that any artist who wants to create a grand narrative on a grand scale has to sort of parse out some of the smaller aspects of painting or the more mundane aspects of painting to others.” WantArtistBitsPracticePaintingAspectStudiosScalesNarrativePeterMundaneRubens Author:Kehinde Wiley
“Students want to know, "Are you painting by the numbers, or are you really present as a human being to what you are doing; and is it coming from inside of you?" So I would ask teachers this question: "Do you have a wellgrounded personal experience and conviction concerning whatever it is you are trying to teach?"” KnowsWantTryingHumansAsksHuman BeingsNumbersTeachTeacherStudentsPaintingConvictionPersonal Experiences Author:Parker J. Palmer
“[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own. The plot grew naturally out of Ivy's personality (and flaws).” WantPaintingGrewPersonalitySatisfiedPlotFlawsGeorgiaIvyGeorgia O Keeffe Author:Liza Campbell