Frank Stella Quotes on pain

A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere... view

By: Frank Stella

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But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live... view

By: Frank Stella

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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... view

By: Frank Stella

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Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in the world wanted to make abstract paintings, and people only became lawyers and doctors and brokers and things because they couldn't make abstract paintings... view

By: Frank Stella

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When I'm painting the picture, I'm really painting a picture. I may have a flat-footed technique, or something like that, but still, to me, the thrill, or the meat of the thing, is the actual painting. I don't get any thrill out of laying it out... view

By: Frank Stella

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One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters... view

By: Frank Stella

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