The present moment is all we will ever have. Only the forms change. Someone living in the actual 1890s would have the same feelings of what's modern and what's old-fashioned that we do now and that people will have 100… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
People have the idea that an image must stand for something else, that the real meaning needs to be described with language. Instead it… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
My painting technique has not changed that much over time, although perhaps I am painting tighter and with more detail, in spite of a… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
The vast amount of time it takes to make my paintings is very challenging. I have so many exciting ideas I would love to… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I believe that beyond the arena of art, the world would be a much better place if centered around a feminine perspective. The world… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Inspiration is the most valuable commodity for an artist; it is for me anyway. I can't move forward in any way if I don't… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
There is a definite moment when a work congeals and crystallizes. Once I am finished with a painting, I am happy to send it… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I liked painting, very early on, even more than drawing. I used poster paint on posterboard. I would copy images that I liked from… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Each painting seems to have a very specific size it wants to be. I have even started a painting or two over just because… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I often look around me and think about this specific place in time, and what things will endure and become objects of nostalgia for… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Beyond Brookledge may be the most incredible weekend of entertainment I've experienced in my life. — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
It is the masculine dynamic that has caused our society to place money and corporate profit above human beings. It has allowed the earth… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I find it so much easier to be creatively free at night. Daytime is for sleeping. Nighttime is the best time for making art.… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
