Even though I don't have any larger spiritual or ideological system, there is some logic in concert with a huge number of beautiful, disconcerting, screwed-up variables that results in a certain visual pleasure in violent things. Like a broken egg… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
I see my work as having a relationship to the visual world, not just some emotive residue of my feelings. It relates to something that exists, or might exist, rather than a transcendent mental state or something like that. — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
The violence in New York feels really mundane and banal to me. Whereas in the privacy of one's own home, say, like the farm… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
Even though I don't have any larger spiritual or ideological system, there is some logic in concert with a huge number of beautiful, disconcerting,… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
I didn't think of being an artist until after I went away to boarding school. There were other things to be interested in. And… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
I see my work as having a relationship to the visual world, not just some emotive residue of my feelings. It relates to something… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
When I eat, I always pick out the best parts in the middle and leave everything else on the side. It becomes a big… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
I had studied history at Brown and didn't feel like doing anything with it. What does one do with a history degree besides become… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to live with a painting for a while. Starting a painting can be easy, but finishing it... that's the skill of… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
All I can say is that when I paint, I am looking at things that are in the world. — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
