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Julian Schnabel Quotes

I was always very...impatient about showing my paintings to people Picture Quote #1

I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else Picture Quote #1

I think style is a fringe benefit that looks like you made it Picture Quote #1

I have a completely romantic idea about making paintings, I guess Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion Picture Quote #1

It’s nice to see your name in print. It’s interesting Picture Quote #1

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There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it’s usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home! Picture Quote #1

I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you’ve had an experience. It’s the way you feel about it that is beautiful Picture Quote #1

I don’t think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don’t think people are terribly interested in young artists Picture Quote #1

Everything I’ve seen becomes real once it becomes memory. The films I’ve seen are interchangeable with things that have really happened to me Picture Quote #1

I think people have problems sometimes when things are too general. In fact, they are not really general at all Picture Quote #1

It’s a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don’t have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I’ve sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions Picture Quote #1

It’s very difficult, I think, for people to be around you when you’re getting lots of attention. It’s very difficult for young people to understand what that’s about when people start treating you differently when you’ve been doing the same thing you were doing the day before Picture Quote #1

I think it’s your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around Picture Quote #1

I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I’d say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that’s what I spent most of my time doing Picture Quote #1

The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics Picture Quote #1

Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can’t bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain some level of comfort Picture Quote #1

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I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be Picture Quote #1

I think it’s good when people don’t write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan Picture Quote #1

I don’t think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if I could, like, see a face and know what the face of beauty looks like, but after I’ve seen it I know if I’ve felt like it was beauty Picture Quote #1

Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort of physical space that the paintings occupy...like personages Picture Quote #1

I’ve never made a movie to make money. I’ve never made a painting to make money Picture Quote #1

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I think, basically, I’m an abstract artist. I just think that that’s not even an issue. I think everything’s abstract Picture Quote #1

My early paintings weren’t that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced they may have been by other people, even my earliest paintings were recognisably my own Picture Quote #1

This camera works like photosynthesis. It is as if you were Xeroxing your own face. The pictures have such physicality: Their surface is like fine leather, stained from chemicals. Each one has a body and is more than an image Picture Quote #1

Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie Picture Quote #1

I think basically I’m a painter, but I would use anything to make my point Picture Quote #1

I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you’ve had an experience. It’s the way you feel about it that is beautiful Picture Quote #1

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I was always very...impatient about showing my paintings to people (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think style is a fringe benefit that looks like you made it (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I have a completely romantic idea about making paintings, I guess (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I didn’t want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion (Julian Schnabel Quotes) It’s nice to see your name in print. It’s interesting (Julian Schnabel Quotes) There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it’s usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home! (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you’ve had an experience. It’s the way you feel about it that is beautiful. (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I don’t think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don’t think people are terribly interested in young artists (Julian Schnabel Quotes) Everything I’ve seen becomes real once it becomes memory. The films I’ve seen are interchangeable with things that have really happened to me (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think people have problems sometimes when things are too general. In fact, they are not really general at all (Julian Schnabel Quotes) It’s a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don’t have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I’ve sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions (Julian Schnabel Quotes) It’s very difficult, I think, for people to be around you when you’re getting lots of attention. It’s very difficult for young people to understand what that’s about when people start treating you differently when you’ve been doing the same thing you were doing the day before. (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think it’s your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I’d say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that’s what I spent most of my time doing. (Julian Schnabel Quotes) The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics (Julian Schnabel Quotes) Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can’t bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain some level of comfort. (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think it’s good when people don’t write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I don’t think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I don’t know if I could, like, see a face and know what the face of beauty looks like, but after I’ve seen it I know if I’ve felt like it was beauty. (Julian Schnabel Quotes) Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort of physical space that the paintings occupy...like personages (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I’ve never made a movie to make money. I’ve never made a painting to make money (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think, basically, I’m an abstract artist. I just think that that’s not even an issue. I think everything’s abstract (Julian Schnabel Quotes) My early paintings weren’t that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced they may have been by other people, even my earliest paintings were recognisably my own (Julian Schnabel Quotes) This camera works like photosynthesis. It is as if you were Xeroxing your own face. The pictures have such physicality: Their surface is like fine leather, stained from chemicals. Each one has a body and is more than an image (Julian Schnabel Quotes) Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie. (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think basically I’m a painter, but I would use anything to make my point (Julian Schnabel Quotes) I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you’ve had an experience. It’s the way you feel about it that is beautiful (Julian Schnabel Quotes)

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