Ideas in art may be quite evident, and sometimes they're hidden. Sometimes they're simple, and sometimes they're quite complex. Great works of art can be based on very simple ideas, but it's all in the making, isn't it? It's in… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
What excites me and what I find most compelling is clearly not what excites other artists. It comes from my own idiosyncratic background and… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I'm not so interested in the effort that it takes to have a self-promotional outlook. I believe in being quiet and making my work… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
Art exists through the act of making. It has to somehow be made manifest to another person. It has to do with what one… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I think that is the role of the artist in society - the cultural role of the artist is to perform a healing function. — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
There is a tendency in my work toward minimalism, in terms of stripping away the unnecessary. I am seeking a tightly ordered gestalt, usually.… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
It's hard to fathom the psychology of the economics of art. I don't quite understand it, and I don't necessarily want to understand it. — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I have a fairly unwieldy set of concerns that go into determining what I do in the paintings, such as the history of the… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
An artist makes something to be physically experienced by another person. It's a raw, freely chosen, interpersonal relationship between the maker and the viewer,… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
Ideas in art may be quite evident, and sometimes they're hidden. Sometimes they're simple, and sometimes they're quite complex. Great works of art can… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I have been very influenced by the Japanese concept of space - the preciousness of space, and how one's environment can be shaped to… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I will do a lot of research and create a lot of material for use in one painting. And then I go on discovering… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I don't want to fetishize the past. I want there to be a natural sequence coming out of a synthesis of the ideas and… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make a primitive painting. I'm trying to summon the archaic. I want to enter into a primitive situation. This is my… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
Design is meant to grab you and win you over. It is meant to function in a way so as to make life easier.… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I'm very tolerant of other art and other artists. But what I truly appreciate, what I truly admire in contemporary art, is work that… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
