I like to zoom out of the situation so I can see it all and don't get caught up in the little… — Ali Banisadr Caught Copy Share Image
People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than… — Ali Banisadr Artwork Copy Share Image
When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time - be it current events, the… — Ali Banisadr Artist Copy Share Image
I never think about actual things when I'm painting. I'm not thinking, "I'm going to put a person here, a tree here… — Ali Banisadr Artist Copy Share Image
As I work day after day, inspirations from different places go into the work. It's combination, but it's also comparative. I'll be… — Ali Banisadr Book Copy Share Image
I sometimes say the conflict in the work is the conflict of my own thoughts and anxieties. It's a civil war in… — Ali Banisadr Air Copy Share Image
Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a… — Ali Banisadr Archetype Copy Share Image
Say someone tells me their name - that name can turn into a taste or a color and that's how I categorize… — Ali Banisadr Categorize Copy Share Image
Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work. — Ali Banisadr Happenings Copy Share Image
Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting… — Ali Banisadr It takes time Copy Share Image
When I was taking art history I was always angry that we would skip certain chapters because "it wasn't important." Like, "Let's… — Ali Banisadr Angry Copy Share Image
My work makes people understand things in a visual way that I could never understand in a literal way - like the… — Ali Banisadr Answers Copy Share Image
"Motherboard," for me, has four different levels: the bottom part is the water, vegetation, and growth. The second part is the world… — Ali Banisadr Air Copy Share Image
Think about the way you go surfing on the Internet - you go from one thing to another. You can't really concentrate.… — Ali Banisadr Book Copy Share Image
![“People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than something to quickly look at. It takes a while for everything to unveil itself.” quote by Ali Banisadr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/101/ali-banisadr-34051_artwork_people-quickly-look-through-things-and-d_760082.jpg)
![“As I work day after day, inspirations from different places go into the work. It's combination, but it's also comparative. I'll be reading two books at the same time that are totally different [and] then have two stories mix together.” quote by Ali Banisadr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f2f/ali-banisadr-34051_book_as-i-work-day-after-day-inspirations-fro_32031.jpg)
![“I sometimes say the conflict in the work is the conflict of my own thoughts and anxieties. It's a civil war in my head. The top part [of my artwork] is you letting go and floating. You become part of the air and you've tapped into the heartbeat of the universe. I guess that's what people do when…” quote by Ali Banisadr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b5f/ali-banisadr-34051_air_i-sometimes-say-the-conflict-in-the-work_1212164.jpg)
![“Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a dream or hallucination. The characters become a mixture of archetypes, [and] that's what I like. You're trying to figure it out and your brain wants to categorize things, but it can't…” quote by Ali Banisadr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/32f/ali-banisadr-34051_archetype_sometimes-i-forget-what-i-put-in-i-want_1357529.jpg)
![“My work makes people understand things in a visual way that I could never understand in a literal way - like the way you deal with and break down problems, and don't come up with answers, but [find] a pathway that becomes clearer.” quote by Ali Banisadr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/437/ali-banisadr-34051_answers_my-work-makes-people-understand-things-i_2245702.jpg)
