Art Quote by Dan Colen

A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.

— Dan Colen

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.

— Dan Colen

A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The…

— Dan Colen

Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.

— Dan Colen

The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.

— Dan Colen

Its such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you dont want to be bourgeois, but you want to be…

— Dan Colen

It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.

— Dan Colen

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

— Dan Colen

It's such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don't want to be bourgeois, but you want to be…

— Dan Colen

Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew…

— Dan Colen

Art class was my thing, but not any other class.

— Dan Colen

For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family.…

— Dan Colen