“I paint what you love to hate and what you hate to love.”
Riiko Sakkinen (1976) Finnish visual artist
"Riiko Sakkinen" at riikosakkinen.com
“I painted to be loved.”
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Edvard Munch (1863–1944) Norwegian painter and printmaker
Quote from Munch's text (1889) 'Impressions from a ballroom, New Year's Eve in St. Cloud' - also known as 'The St. Cloud Manifesto'
1880 - 1895
“People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.”
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Robert Motherwell (1915–1991) American artist
Conversation with W.C. Seitz, in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983
after 1970
Raphael Soyer (1899–1987) American artist
Then he died. He worked to the very last minute.
As quoted in Paper Lanterns (Quotations from The Sun) p. 59.
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989) American painter
Quote of c. 1977, as quoted in 'The Portraitist', Berkson, Bill (1992), Modern Painters: pp. 40–42
1972 - 1989
John Diamond (doctor) (1934) Australian doctor
Source: Stillpoints: An Introductory Guide to Haiku Painting (2008), p. 20
“I paint the impossibility of painting.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“Painting doesn't interest me... What I paint is beyond painting.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)