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> [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/)

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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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