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title: "1 Painting Think Quotes By Julie Mehretu"
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> [The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I would approach making a painting before. I think that it gets to a richer illumination of the moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/the-investigation-of-making-is-illuminating-towards-that-moment/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

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## More by Julie Mehretu

> [The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I would approach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/the-investigation-of-making-is-illuminating-towards-that-moment/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/the-erasure-itself-became-the-action-it-seemed-to-suggest-a-moment-in/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [When you're not a mom, you can get up in the middle of the night, paint, sleep all morning... you can't do that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/when-you-re-not-a-mom-you-can-get-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-paint/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [I'm really interested in the nondefinitive element of abstraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/i-m-really-interested-in-the-nondefinitive-element-of-abstraction/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/people-look-at-film-in-a-gallery-and-if-they-walk-out-after-two/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/that-s-what-i-m-interested-in-the-space-in-between-the-moment-of/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-but-i-didn-t-really-know-how-someone/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [The earlier, more analytic impulse was to use very rational but kind of absurd techniques or tendencies—mapping, charting, and architecture—to try and make sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/the-earlier-more-analytic-impulse-was-to-use-very-rational-but-kind/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [I'm not trying to spell out a story. I still think you feel the painting, and the reason you read the mark is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/i-m-not-trying-to-spell-out-a-story-i-still-think-you-feel-the/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [You're not just this person who's from your own specific experiences, but the collective experience of what makes you who you are because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/you-re-not-just-this-person-who-s-from-your-own-specific-experiences/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [Race always comes up in the conversation of Detroit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/race-always-comes-up-in-the-conversation-of-detroit/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

> [I don't ever work in a way where something is an illustration of an event, but when something is occurring at the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/i-don-t-ever-work-in-a-way-where-something-is-an-illustration-of-an/)

[Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/)

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