Each painting seems to have a very specific size it wants to be. I have even started a painting or two over just because I didn't like the feeling of the particular image at a particular size. The Parlor needed… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
The present moment is all we will ever have. Only the forms change. Someone living in the actual 1890s would have the same feelings of what's modern and what's old-fashioned that we do now and that people will have 100… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
People have the idea that an image must stand for something else, that the real meaning needs to be described with language. Instead it… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
My painting technique has not changed that much over time, although perhaps I am painting tighter and with more detail, in spite of a… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
The vast amount of time it takes to make my paintings is very challenging. I have so many exciting ideas I would love to… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I believe that beyond the arena of art, the world would be a much better place if centered around a feminine perspective. The world… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Inspiration is the most valuable commodity for an artist; it is for me anyway. I can't move forward in any way if I don't… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
There is a definite moment when a work congeals and crystallizes. Once I am finished with a painting, I am happy to send it… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I liked painting, very early on, even more than drawing. I used poster paint on posterboard. I would copy images that I liked from… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Each painting seems to have a very specific size it wants to be. I have even started a painting or two over just because… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I often look around me and think about this specific place in time, and what things will endure and become objects of nostalgia for… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Beyond Brookledge may be the most incredible weekend of entertainment I've experienced in my life. — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
It is the masculine dynamic that has caused our society to place money and corporate profit above human beings. It has allowed the earth… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I find it so much easier to be creatively free at night. Daytime is for sleeping. Nighttime is the best time for making art.… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
