Active Quote by Bridget Riley

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. It was in that space, paradoxically,…

— Bridget Riley

There must be an open space in the paintings - an entry space for the viewer, or even for me. Just white space where…

— Norbert Bisky

But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which…

— Frank Stella

On the contrary, my desire is that the viewer sees the background coming forward in the lower portion of the canvas, fighting for space,…

— Kehinde Wiley

The aim of art is to create space.

— Frank Stella

That's what all painting is about, it”s space and light occupied by human presences.

— Leon Kossoff

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I had always spoken about the space between the art object and the person looking at it as this dynamic space, which I referred…

— Robert Barry

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.

— Winston Churchill

I'm interested in the space between the viewer and the surface of the painting - the forms and the way they work in their…

— Ellsworth Kelly

The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed…

— Mark Rothko

The canvas upon which the artist paints is the spectator's mind.

— Okakura Kakuzo