It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.
In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.
It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers.
In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant.
Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.'
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.
I believe that any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.
I kind of just lucked into and fell into the other profession. It was really just an outgrowth of the fact that when I was in art school, I had no money whatsoever.
Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.
While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.
When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.
Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential to the execution of an idea.
Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.
Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.
I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years so I'm not really selling the art to this particular collector but it is being passed on.
My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.
Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.
Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.
When you walk down the street and see something in a crazy spot, there's something powerful about that. The street will always be an important part of getting art out there for me.
