“I want my life to be embedded in my work, crushed into my painting, like a pressed car.”— Julian Schnabel, amazon.comTagged: Similes, Commitment to Your Art
“Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it.”— Jasper Johns, amazon.comTagged: Painting, Artistic Process
“I really like showing what shocks people. I know that people don't like to tell the truth all the time, but what people don't like to say is exactly what drives me to paint.”— Chéri Samba, amazon.comTagged: Painting, Artistic Process, Repression
“With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short periods, short moments, and then you go on to the next thing. It seems to allow you to function in a very contemporary way and still produce material.”— Robert Mapplethorpe, amazon.comTagged: Photography, Short Attention Span