That was an important development for me, just realizing that you need to follow your pleasure, at least as a painter. I think any kind of artist needs to, no matter what you're doing. — John Currin Copy Share Image
There is a fascination with violence and power in all modernism, and I sort of saw classic modernism as being more similar to Wyndham… — John Currin Copy Share
A lot of times maturing as an artist is just starting to do the things you like to do. — John Currin Copy Share
I think a big problem with art school is that it makes people feel like they have to be interested in everything that's of… — John Currin Copy Share
There is, literally and figuratively, not a gold standard. That's almost as big a problem in art as in the financial world. How do… — John Currin Copy Share
Your style is who you are when you’re not trying to be clever or better than you actually are. — John Currin Copy Share
I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you. — John Currin Copy Share
When I went to college, and I went to art school, I started to realize that Warhol was cool and that pop art was… — John Currin Copy Share
I suppose the good artists, the righteous artists, somehow manage to be exuberant, and the embarrassed artist has this idea that everybody has to… — John Currin Copy Share
I've always found paintings of nudes depressing because they can't compete with photographs. The grainiest photograph of some girl, a blurry Polaroid - you'd… — John Currin Copy Share
There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making. — John Currin Copy Share
I think what I do is find a cliché and try to believe in it, try to get to where I don't laugh at… — John Currin Copy Share
You have to like everything that you're painting. Maybe on a narrative level it seems harsh... but I like everything in all my paintings.… — John Currin Copy Share
