Desire Quote by Frances Stark

So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.

— Caio Fonseca

At some point I realized that the text was the painting and that everything else was extraneous. The painting became the act of writing…

— Glenn Ligon

I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.

— Barnett Newman

Some art needs to be hung on the wall and stared at inquisitively, while other pieces require a more active approach.

— Anthony Fantano

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.

— Max Beckmann

Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think…

— Helen Mirren

If you didn't know what you were trying to do, [Robert von Neumann] wouldn't say a word. He would just turn and walk away.…

— Warren MacKenzie

I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in…

— Julian Schnabel

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting.

— Philip Guston

There are certain times when a painting accelerates beyond you, and you have to try and understand and catch up with it.

— Nigel Cooke