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title: "1 Poliakoff Course Quotes By Sean Scully"
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> [When I was a young kid at art school, I loved the sensual geometry of Poliakoff, which, of course, is inherent in my own work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/when-i-was-a-young-kid-at-art-school-i-loved-the-sensual-geometry-of/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

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## More by Sean Scully

> [I probably use more grays than any other artist in the history of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-probably-use-more-grays-than-any-other-artist-in-the-history-of-art/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-was-always-artistic-right-from-childhood-but-my-love-of-painting/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [My job is to return abstraction to the people: in a sense, to popularize it without lowering the bar, which is a lot easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/my-job-is-to-return-abstraction-to-the-people-in-a-sense-to/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [My childhood was extremely unhappy. That's not to say that my parents didn't love me. But it was traumatic, and of course, art doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/my-childhood-was-extremely-unhappy-that-s-not-to-say-that-my-parents/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [I do believe abstraction is and was meant to embody deep emotion. I believe that's its job, in the history of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-do-believe-abstraction-is-and-was-meant-to-embody-deep-emotion-i/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [I was doing an interview with a curator, and he asked me to sum up art in one word. Before he even finished asking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-was-doing-an-interview-with-a-curator-and-he-asked-me-to-sum-up-art/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [I was the only one to go to university, and the last thing my dad wanted was for me to be an artist. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-was-the-only-one-to-go-to-university-and-the-last-thing-my-dad/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [My work is very serious, and I use a lot of black, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/my-work-is-very-serious-and-i-use-a-lot-of-black-too/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/when-i-got-into-art-school-i-thought-it-was-paradise-i-wanted-to-be/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [After my son died, I went to a psychiatrist. He proved - or I proved - that Sigmund Freud was correct when he said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/after-my-son-died-i-went-to-a-psychiatrist-he-proved-or-i-proved-that/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [I started at school. When I painted, all the girls would come and sit around me. I realised that this was a really good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-started-at-school-when-i-painted-all-the-girls-would-come-and-sit/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [When I was a young kid at art school, I loved the sensual geometry of Poliakoff, which, of course, is inherent in my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/when-i-was-a-young-kid-at-art-school-i-loved-the-sensual-geometry-of/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [I'm Irish in the mythic, romantic sense, but in the living sense, I'm a Londoner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-m-irish-in-the-mythic-romantic-sense-but-in-the-living-sense-i-m-a/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [Imagine a world without art: it's George Orwell's nightmare!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/imagine-a-world-without-art-it-s-george-orwell-s-nightmare/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

> [I am a very spiritual person: I could say a Catholic with a strong underpinning of Zen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-scully/i-am-a-very-spiritual-person-i-could-say-a-catholic-with-a-strong/)

[Sean Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-scully/)

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