The large gray spiked form rising from the bottom of the picture is to me the symbol of death and ruin. And finally the black ovoid form is the symbol of fire, lava and destruction. — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
Let the poet dream his dreams. Yet, the poet must look at the world; must enter into other men's lives; must look at the… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
I consider my painting finished when my eyes goes to a particular spot on the canvas. But if I put the picture away about… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
One can begin a picture and carry it through and stop it and do nothing about the title at all. — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
There is always an unconscious collaboration among artists.. ..the artist who imagine himself a Robinson Crusoe is either a primitive or a fool. — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself. — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
I kept.. ..returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity. — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
The large gray spiked form rising from the bottom of the picture is to me the symbol of death and ruin. And finally the… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
In the beginning I drew and painted from nature in order to know her. Then later, only to fall under her spell. And today,… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
