I try to find a compositional structure in the subject itself, in nature... I rely on the angle where the wall meets the floor as a constant reference point, and against that I oppose the movements of the model's limbs. — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
I decided that expressionism was a cheap way of getting a reaction - show anybody ripped apart, and you get sympathy. I was deliberately trying to show the human body as whole and relatively healthy. — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal of money… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
I try to find a compositional structure in the subject itself, in nature... I rely on the angle where the wall meets the floor… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art. — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
I suggest that it is the honesty of the attempt to recreate the forms and spaces visually without artistic editing that is one of… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
I decided that expressionism was a cheap way of getting a reaction - show anybody ripped apart, and you get sympathy. I was deliberately… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
There will always be those who want to make paintings of the human form with all its parts all where they should be, in… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
