Abstract Quote by David Hockney

I was an abstract expressionist before I had seen any abstract expressionist paintings. I started when I was a kid and continued just doing…

— Dennis Hopper

I did do, well before Pop Art, all the cartoon characters as paintings.

— Paul Laffoley

And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it…

— Robert Rauschenberg

I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I…

— Tom Wesselmann

Maybe I was a little jealous or envious of the abstract painters - but the truth was I thought what they were doing was…

— Larry Rivers

Yes, I'm very expressive with my painting.

— Heart Evangelista

I was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me.

— St. Lucia

Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next to normal painting, which was anything expressionist. You forget…

— Roy Lichtenstein

I was an arts student. I did graphic design. Being an artist, I did a lot of paintings. I have always had that creative…

— Gauri Khan

I was blown away by being able to color. Then I started to draw... bringing a blank white canvas to life was fascinating.

— James De La Vega

I paint abstract expressions.

— Billy Zane

No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can't draw to save my life you know.

— Emma Anderson