Because Quote by Sigmar Polke

I went back to photography in the 1990s. But from the 60s to the 90s I didn't really take any photographs at all, unfortunately.…

— Dennis Hopper

In 1958 I finally found a large enough apartment on the Lower East Side, where I reverted to figure painting. I drew and painted…

— Claes Oldenburg

It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of…

— E. J. Hughes

I enjoyed cross-country road trips. And I found the work challenging because it was art that existed on the land rather than mere concepts…

— Virginia Dwan

People of my generation who became photographers in the late fifties, early sixties, there were no rewards in photography. There were no museum shows.…

— Duane Michals

Paintings helped to change my life. I'd still be living a life of disaster without it.

— Eddie Cahill

Something I always wanted to do, to capture that later half of the '70s. It's like the early half of the '70s is still…

— Daniel Clowes

I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.

— Javier Bardem

I often wonder whether I would have done as well in painting.

— Arnold Newman

Painting was always something I thought I'd do once I retired. But then, about five or six years ago, a good mate passed away…

— Anh Do

Did I want to spend all my time working on a painting? No, I wanted to have fun, travel, meet women and live life.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

Around 1980, I went back to painting with a vengeance.

— Martin Mull