Commonplace objects are constantly changing… The pies, for example, we now see, are not going to be around forever. We are merely used to the idea that things do not change. — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
My subject matter was a genuine sort of experience that came out of my life, particularly the American world in which I was privileged… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest. — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove. — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
We all need critical confrontation of the fullest and most extreme kind that we can get. You can unnecessarily limit yourself by choosing your… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
When you think of painting as painting it is rather absurd. The real world is before us - glorious sunlight and activity and fresh… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it's mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There's the art of plumbing; there's… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances. — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
I don't make a lot of distinctions between things like landscape or figure painting, because to me the problems are inherently the same -… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
An artist has to train his responses more than other people do. He has to be as disciplined as a mathematician. Discipline is not… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint. — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
A conscious decision to eliminate certain details and include selective bits of personal experiences or perceptual nuances, gives the painting more of a multi-dimension… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
