As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.'… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions. — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see. — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had. — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
Its such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you dont want to be bourgeois, but you want to be… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make. — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
It's such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don't want to be bourgeois, but you want to be… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family.… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
