I think I care about beauty, but I don't go for it. I hope it sometimes might be in there. I think, maybe, more in terms of a beautiful moment than trying to figure out what beauty is or what… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because I don't know how to analyse him. I just know that I like the way he put it… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes the painting starts to relate very directly to either sights seen or experiences felt, other times it just goes off on a tangent… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
I started to try to be a colorist, although secretly thinking of myself as somewhat of a black and whiteist. — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
Some of the pictures are truly mysterious to me.. which is why I so often say publicly that I don't know or don't care… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
The paintings are like prayers, relating to wishing for something beyond everyday life. — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
I think I care about beauty, but I don't go for it. I hope it sometimes might be in there. I think, maybe, more… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
You build up a head of steam. If you're four days out of the studio, on the fifth day you really crash in there.… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
Most of my painting is done sitting in a chair with a book. I'd say it's 80 per cent sitting and reading, 10 per… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because I don't… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
I think there has to be an interesting transformative process between your perception of reality and making the paintings. If you are just trying… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
I think artists almost always end up turning to what's around them, what's in their environment or outside their window. — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
I can say that paintings are prayers, they have to do with anything that makes you wish for more that what everyday life provides. — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
