A New York audience generally likes decorative paintings, and decorative paintings go with the couch. If you change the couch, you change… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
You have to find what your temperament is like and live around it. I find I work really well off the top of my… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
If you're going to go for 'it' you have a common thing you share with other artists; that's desperation. You jump out a window… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head. — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
I know people can be a little nervous about swimsuits, but have some fun with it. Believe you can hold it down. If you… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out. — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
Make a painting you can work on for a long period, and make it look like it doesn't show any effort. — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
I use the iPhone now for information. But with selfies, I don't know what those people are doing. It's like they believe what they… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes me days or weeks to get something clear in my head on what I want to do. Everything is in steps.… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
Part of what Im about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way. — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
The abstract expressionists had that thing of, subject matter becomes content, content becomes form. And I always thought there was no room for style.… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
![“I use the iPhone now for information. But with selfies, I don't know what those people are doing. It's like they believe what they see is real, even with the [filters]. And God bless them! But to me, it's not a self-portrait, it's a reality project.” quote by Alex Katz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb6/alex-katz-25578_believe_i-use-the-iphone-now-for-information-but_1221292.jpg)
