Artist Quotes by Scott Kahn

Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it.

— Scott Kahn

Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.

— Scott Kahn

Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait!

— Scott Kahn

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

The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message…

— Scott Kahn

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

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

Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists develop their…

— Scott Kahn

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

I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is…

— Scott Kahn

The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the…

— Scott Kahn

What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am…

— Scott Kahn