I was always very... impatient about showing my paintings to people. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there.… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I'm not saying I'm the only Jewish person who cares about Palestinian people, but unfortunately, their voices are not necessarily heard as… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
There are generations of people who have never seen a big plate painting in person. And they don't know what the hell… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can't bear bright lights, so wherever they… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Can I find a poetic that can be subversive enough to grab people in some subliminal way, to where they feel that… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don't think people are terribly… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
When I made my first film, Basquiat, I think one of the criticisms was that the way I work is episodic. Later,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
We need to not be scared [of muslim], but understand each other. When you're around these people, you see they have much… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Nobody is perfect. I don't think it's the most scathing indictment of anybody. It's pretty innocuous. [Miral] is just the story of… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Many people say to me, "I saw [Miral] and it really stayed with me. I woke up the next day and really… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I think it was so unfair that people attacked Freida Pinto for being an Indian, playing a Palestinian. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
It's very difficult, I think, for people to be around you when you're getting lots of attention. It's very difficult for young… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
In a certain way, my work had set me up to be against lots of things. If there wasn't some sort of… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I think people have problems sometimes when things are too general. In fact, they are not really general at all. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I was always very... impatient about showing my paintings to people. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I've sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll dream that I saw a show and then I'll wake up in the morning and realize that I didn't see the show,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I don't know if I could, like, see a face and know what the face of beauty looks like, but after I've seen it… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
There's been too much attention on marketing. Can't we just talk about the paintings? — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image