I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality and will… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists develop their own palette… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am I reporting… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the atmosphere in… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings. — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
