I underwent a whole process of slowly letting go of idiosyncrasies and habits and embellishments and everything extraneous to the essentials that I'm unwilling to let go of. I never dreamed that I would be making black-and-white paintings with so… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
I had a visit from an artist friend who basically said, "Your paintings are wonderful. Now stop." It did resonate with me. It hit… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
I've been playing piano my whole life but I'd never tried to understand how compositions are made really. Try to imagine if you'd loved… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
It's not until the very last phase that you know how good the works are going to be. — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
One of the most important elements of Caio-ness I wanted to keep was that left to right reading, where one form draws you... this… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Most days, I practice piano in the mornings and I spend the rest of the day painting. — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school. — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Everyone accepts the abstraction of Bach. My work aspires to the same kind of abstraction, which is so engaging that you're distracted from asking… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
For me becoming a painter was an Everest, in terms of what I thought a painter was. There are many roads to becoming an… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
