Julian Schnabel Quotes

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• Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can't bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search…
• Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the…
• There's been too much attention on marketing. Can't we just talk about the paintings?
• A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when…
• It's a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don't have to…
• I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their…
• My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced…
• I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about.
• I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism -…
• I'm not saying I'm the only Jewish person who cares about Palestinian people, but unfortunately, their voices are not necessarily heard as loudly as they…
• If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else's, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall.
• I do dream about art, and images come to me in dreams. I am definitely hoping to be in touch with my subconscious. I expect…
• My compulsion is to create things.
• This camera works like photosynthesis. It is as if you were Xeroxing your own face. The pictures have such physicality: their surface is like fine…
• I wanted to make pictures where you would not know who took them. I also bring the present into the past.

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