Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians. — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
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 — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
Any artist can't get away from the way the world works, which is that it wants to know what you did, and you're only… — Frank Stella Copy Share
I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there — Frank Stella Copy Share
I always get into arguments with people who want to retain the old values in painting - the humanistic values that they always find… — Frank Stella Copy Share
Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians. — Frank Stella Copy Share
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,… — Frank Stella Copy Share
All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can… — Frank Stella Copy Share
The integrity of being an artist for Frank Stella means going into the unknown.A great artist is somebody who's not scared to reinvent themselves… — Frank Stella Copy Share
You couldn't forget Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miro either. And it had to be, you know, at least as good or better. — Frank Stella Copy Share
I never noticed competing with other generations. There's competition within your own generation, but that competition is good. Maybe you're annoyed that somebody's getting… — Frank Stella Copy Share
One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters. I can't stress enough how important it is, if you are interested at… — Frank Stella Copy Share
I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life. — Frank Stella Copy Share
