I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in that way on the viewer. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I was always very... impatient about showing my paintings to people. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I've sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll dream that I saw a show and then I'll wake up in the morning and realize that I didn't see the show,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I don't know if I could, like, see a face and know what the face of beauty looks like, but after I've seen it… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
There's been too much attention on marketing. Can't we just talk about the paintings? — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
