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 energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that. — 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
