"I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall"

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Source : "With Frank Stella, what you see is what you see. But when the modern master speaks, what you hear may raise your eyebrows."by Kenneth Baker, www.sfgate.com. June 17, 2004.

Frank Stella

#Wall Quotes #Gestures Quotes #Painting Quotes

“We don't have a rooting interest. We have an interest in watching people excel and then coming up with creative ways to describe it.”
“I actually got really petrified by the thought of people seeing me.”
“I've got to love the souls of people. Because I can't love every incarnation. To love their souls, I have to identify with my own soul.”
“Dogwoods are great optimists. Daffodils wait and see, crouching firmly underground just in case spring doesn't come this year, but dogwoods have faith.”

Source : Barbara Holland (1997). “Bingo Night at the Fire Hall: The Case for Cows, Orchards, Bake Sales, & Fairs”, Harcourt
“You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.”

Source : Chris Prentiss (2008). “Be Who You Want, Have What You Want: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life”, p.14, BookBaby
“It removes the limitations of his body, extinguishes his consciousness, and pours the divine spirit into him. The whirl dance is the purest form of dance devotion.”
“Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.”
“. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce - like a basketball team standing shoulder to shoulder between you and the Mona Lisa.”

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