I had a visit from an artist friend who basically said, "Your paintings are wonderful. Now stop." It did resonate with me.… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
My 20s were spent in a room, alone, mixing paints and figuring it all out. — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer. — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
I underwent a whole process of slowly letting go of idiosyncrasies and habits and embellishments and everything extraneous to the essentials that… — 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… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
People see so many things in the paintings. Although I never think of them, it charms me a little bit that people… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
This morning I got up early and I was glazing the paintings and they just looked so beautiful. I had a private… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category. — 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
