As a child, the most important people in my life were my pet rabbit and Mary, mother of Jesus. — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
My father was a genius footballer, a natural, two-footed centre-forward who had played for Arsenal juniors, but he was sent out to work aged 14 and so lived out his life in a frustrated, rageful way. — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I probably use more grays than any other artist in the history of art. — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music. — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
My job is to return abstraction to the people: in a sense, to popularize it without lowering the bar, which is a lot easier… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
My childhood was extremely unhappy. That's not to say that my parents didn't love me. But it was traumatic, and of course, art doesn't… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I do believe abstraction is and was meant to embody deep emotion. I believe that's its job, in the history of art. — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I was doing an interview with a curator, and he asked me to sum up art in one word. Before he even finished asking… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I was the only one to go to university, and the last thing my dad wanted was for me to be an artist. But… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
After my son died, I went to a psychiatrist. He proved - or I proved - that Sigmund Freud was correct when he said… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I started at school. When I painted, all the girls would come and sit around me. I realised that this was a really good… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
When I was a young kid at art school, I loved the sensual geometry of Poliakoff, which, of course, is inherent in my own… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
