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They asked me to do a show, and I was planning on showing my figure paintings. But my friends told me I shouldn’t - the paintings were good but a little old-fashioned. They said, Why don’t you show the other stuff? I had also been making rather strange objects, more in the Freudian tradition Picture Quote #1

I often avoid using the terms ‘figuration’ and ‘abstraction’ because I’ve always tried to have it both ways. I want the experience of looking at one of my paintings to be similar to the process of making the painting - you go from the big picture to something very intense and detailed, and then back again Picture Quote #1

Looking at paintings was a huge part of finding my way into the lush world of the 18th century Picture Quote #1

Sketches always have more vitality than paintings because you’re finding things out through doing them Picture Quote #1

I work on a political subject quite often, and the paintings, for me, are not finished until they’re printed Picture Quote #1

I’ve dreamed landscapes for years, and my dreams play an enormous role in my work. In fact, when I first started doing landscapes I felt insecure about painting in this style, and the dreams were like positive omens for me, and I’ve done a few paintings that were exact replicas of images that came to me in dreams Picture Quote #1

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I went back to the Art Institute, then spent the summer at the Ox-Bow School in Saugatuck, Michigan. That’s what really awakened me. I made a lot of oil paintings and my first performance Picture Quote #1

It’s all about commerce. Movies are not made like paintings, where you can make them for free and put them at the side. Movies are supposed to make money Picture Quote #1

Learn to trust yourself. That’s very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer Picture Quote #1

Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It’s my hobby to go around to shops and markets Picture Quote #1

I’m the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they’re getting there Picture Quote #1

I used to do stop motion in my own garage and Claymation and all that stuff. That led to doing backgrounds and matte paintings. I started doing matte paintings professionally back before the computer, sort of painting on glass Picture Quote #1

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I want my paintings to look like what’s going on outside my window rather than what’s inside my studio Picture Quote #1

Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one’s bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy Picture Quote #1

Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors’ item in its own way - not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare Picture Quote #1

Living with and studying good paintings offers greater interest, variety and satisfaction than any other pleasure known to man Picture Quote #1

When I get intimate with my paintings, it’s a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release Picture Quote #1

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village Picture Quote #1

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The Bible never tells us what Jesus looked like, and in the earliest surviving paintings of him, he is sometimes depicted as short-haired, sometimes as beardless, with no authoritative version winning out over the others. Yet around 400 A.D., all of the other competing images were replaced by the long-haired, bearded Jesus we know today Picture Quote #1

I am very happy to be alive. There is much fun to be had. Music, movies, books, paintings, drawingsI hope you have these things where you are. If you have them, what does the real world matter anyway? Picture Quote #1

There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing Picture Quote #1

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They asked me to do a show, and I was planning on showing my figure paintings. But my friends told me I shouldn’t - the paintings were good but a little old-fashioned. They said, Why don’t you show the other stuff? I had also been making rather strange objects, more in the Freudian tradition. (Paintings Quotes) I often avoid using the terms ‘figuration’ and ‘abstraction’ because I’ve always tried to have it both ways. I want the experience of looking at one of my paintings to be similar to the process of making the painting - you go from the big picture to something very intense and detailed, and then back again. (Paintings Quotes) Looking at paintings was a huge part of finding my way into the lush world of the 18th century (Paintings Quotes) Sketches always have more vitality than paintings because you’re finding things out through doing them. (Paintings Quotes) I work on a political subject quite often, and the paintings, for me, are not finished until they’re printed. (Paintings Quotes) I’ve dreamed landscapes for years, and my dreams play an enormous role in my work. In fact, when I first started doing landscapes I felt insecure about painting in this style, and the dreams were like positive omens for me, and I’ve done a few paintings that were exact replicas of images that came to me in dreams. (Paintings Quotes) I went back to the Art Institute, then spent the summer at the Ox-Bow School in Saugatuck, Michigan. That’s what really awakened me. I made a lot of oil paintings and my first performance. (Paintings Quotes) It’s all about commerce. Movies are not made like paintings, where you can make them for free and put them at the side. Movies are supposed to make money. (Paintings Quotes) Learn to trust yourself. That’s very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer. (Paintings Quotes) Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It’s my hobby to go around to shops and markets. (Paintings Quotes) I’m the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they’re getting there. (Paintings Quotes) I used to do stop motion in my own garage and Claymation and all that stuff. That led to doing backgrounds and matte paintings. I started doing matte paintings professionally back before the computer, sort of painting on glass. (Paintings Quotes) I want my paintings to look like what’s going on outside my window rather than what’s inside my studio. (Paintings Quotes) Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one’s bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy. (Paintings Quotes) Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors’ item in its own way - not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare. (Paintings Quotes) Living with and studying good paintings offers greater interest, variety and satisfaction than any other pleasure known to man. (Paintings Quotes) When I get intimate with my paintings, it’s a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release. (Paintings Quotes) Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. (Paintings Quotes) The Bible never tells us what Jesus looked like, and in the earliest surviving paintings of him, he is sometimes depicted as short-haired, sometimes as beardless, with no authoritative version winning out over the others. Yet around 400 A.D., all of the other competing images were replaced by the long-haired, bearded Jesus we know today. (Paintings Quotes) I am very happy to be alive. There is much fun to be had. Music, movies, books, paintings, drawingsI hope you have these things where you are. If you have them, what does the real world matter anyway? (Paintings Quotes) There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing. (Paintings Quotes)

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