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> [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 and to start all over again. And some artists do it once, twice, three times in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/the-integrity-of-being-an-artist-for-frank-stella-means-going-into/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

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## More by Frank Stella

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/any-artist-can-t-get-away-from-the-way-the-world-works-which-is-that/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/i-want-to-make-exalted-art-a-successful-image-has-pictorial-lift-i-am/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [The aim of art is to create space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/the-aim-of-art-is-to-create-space/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [What you see is what you see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/what-you-see-is-what-you-see/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [I always get into arguments with people who want to retain the old values in painting - the humanistic values that they always find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/i-always-get-into-arguments-with-people-who-want-to-retain-the-old/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/abstract-paintings-must-be-as-real-as-those-created-by-the-16th/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/when-i-m-painting-the-picture-i-m-really-painting-a-picture-i-may/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/all-i-want-anyone-to-get-out-of-my-paintings-and-all-i-ever-get-out/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [You see what you know!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/you-see-what-you-know/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/the-integrity-of-being-an-artist-for-frank-stella-means-going-into/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/you-couldn-t-forget-pablo-picasso-henri-matisse-and-joan-miro-either/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/i-never-noticed-competing-with-other-generations-there-s-competition/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/one-learns-about-painting-by-looking-at-and-imitating-other-painters/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [I'm more of a house painter.That's the way I work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/i-m-more-of-a-house-painter-that-s-the-way-i-work/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

> [I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/i-don-t-like-to-say-i-have-given-my-life-to-art-i-prefer-to-say-art/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

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