Most contemporary artists are behind the bubble in time. They're making videos that are so incredibly boring compared to a good movie. Or they're making work where I say, "You realize minimal art is 50 or 60 years old?" That's… — 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
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
You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head. — Alex Katz Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Picasso and Matisse were the guys I wanted to get away from, and cubism is all still lifes. Their paintings are all closed drawings.… — Alex Katz Copy Share
My mother thought I would have a hard life as a painter. My father thought the highest thing a person could be was an… — Alex Katz Copy Share
You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse. — Alex Katz Copy Share
