The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality and will lose its 'punch' when topical concerns move on to other interests.
Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and yet e… - Scott Kahn
Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and yet e…
- Scott Kahn
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! - Scott Kahn
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait!
I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings. - Scott Kahn
I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings.
The voice will always be heard, even if the song is very different. - Scott Kahn
The voice will always be heard, even if the song is very different.
I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not bei… - Scott Kahn
I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not bei…
Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists de… - Scott Kahn
Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists de…
I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power. - Scott Kahn
I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power.
The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message with unrelenting an… - Scott Kahn
The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message with unrelenting an…
Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist. - Scott Kahn
Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.
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