Active Quote by Bridget Riley

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.

— 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

I think that painting relates very neatly to inner travel and the exploration of inner worlds. With painting, I always get the impression that…

— Joe Bradley

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

Usually I draw in relation to my painting, what I am working on at the time. On a lucky day a surprising balance of…

— Philip Guston

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

— Chuck Close

To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes…

— Michael Snow

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

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

— Leon Kossoff

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

— Georgia O'Keeffe

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

Painting is the chance to create a different space, or different way of picturing a literal stream of images.

— Cynthia Daignault