I do believe abstraction is and was meant to embody deep emotion. I believe that's its job, in the history of art.

- Sean Scully

I work on stretched linen canvas, sized so that the surface already has a sense of tension when I begin. It is a very rich and reactive surface. I be…

- Sean Scully

The power of a painting has to come from the inside out, not the outside in. It's not just an image. It's an image with a body and that body has to c…

- Sean Scully

I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music.

- Sean Scully

When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.

- Sean Scully