A New York audience generally likes decorative paintings, and decorative paintings go with the couch. If you change the couch, you change the painting. And when you're coming up, and the paintings aren't first-class decoration, you're at a disadvantage for… — 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)
