No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist. — Scott Kahn Art Copy Share Image
Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process. — Scott Kahn Creative Copy Share Image
Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it. — Scott Kahn Art Copy Share Image
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! — Scott Kahn Art Copy Share Image
I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying… — Scott Kahn Artist Copy Share Image
Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message… — Scott Kahn Art Copy Share Image
Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists develop their… — Scott Kahn Art Copy Share Image
I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the… — Scott Kahn Artist Copy Share Image
I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality… — Scott Kahn Art Copy Share Image
What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am… — Scott Kahn Art Copy Share Image
The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
