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> [I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in Chicago were politically active and also passionate about the same things that I was interested in. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/i-moved-to-chicago-and-began-attending-the-school-of-the-art/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

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> [My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of working at an exciting art school also spills over into my studio work. I believe most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/my-life-as-a-painter-influences-my-teaching-and-my-duties-as/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

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## More by Stephen Beal

> [I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/i-have-been-interested-in-the-dialogue-of-abstraction-and-modernist/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in Chicago were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/i-moved-to-chicago-and-began-attending-the-school-of-the-art/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [Only at the end of the last stroke of paint, you can begin to wonder what needs to be done next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/only-at-the-end-of-the-last-stroke-of-paint-you-can-begin-to-wonder/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [I have, and do sometimes, work with other media. But there is something about the physical activity and the directness of painting that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/i-have-and-do-sometimes-work-with-other-media-but-there-is-something/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [I enjoy thinking about how paintings can change depending on where they are - how they look in a gallery or in relation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/i-enjoy-thinking-about-how-paintings-can-change-depending-on-where/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/my-life-as-a-painter-influences-my-teaching-and-my-duties-as/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [My studio work is a central part of my life and I'd be at loose ends without it. When I'm not in my studio,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/my-studio-work-is-a-central-part-of-my-life-and-i-d-be-at-loose-ends/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [In the late 60's I was enrolled at Occidental College majoring in philosophy and taking several studio art classes, but I dropped out. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/in-the-late-60-s-i-was-enrolled-at-occidental-college-majoring-in/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [I'm interested in how paintings can change or transform - sometimes through close examination or viewed from afar; or how they hold the space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/i-m-interested-in-how-paintings-can-change-or-transform-sometimes/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [I am very invested in the physical activity and the decision-making that is involved with making paintings - nothing else is quite like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/i-am-very-invested-in-the-physical-activity-and-the-decision-making/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [“On Becoming a Poet in the 1950s" There was love and there was trees. Either you could stay inside and probe your emotions or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/on-becoming-a-poet-in-the-1950s-there-was-love-and-there-was-trees/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

> [The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound (pitch and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-beal/the-paintings-are-more-about-physicality-and-gesture-than-meditation/)

[Stephen Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-beal/)

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