Most contemporary artists are behind the bubble in time. They're making videos that are so incredibly boring compared to a good movie. Or they're making work where I say, "You realize minimal art is 50 or 60 years old?" That's what I tell people to shock them. They just blanch.
Part of what Im about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way. - Alex Katz
Part of what Im about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way.
- Alex Katz
If you know what you're doing, you're doing dull stuff. - Alex Katz
If you know what you're doing, you're doing dull stuff.
You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse. - Alex Katz
You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.
What's in front of me is what's most interesting. - Alex Katz
What's in front of me is what's most interesting.
Paint faster than you can think. - Alex Katz
Paint faster than you can think.
Realist painting has to do with leaving out a lot of detail. I think my painting can be a little shocking in all that it leaves out. But what happens… - Alex Katz
Realist painting has to do with leaving out a lot of detail. I think my painting can be a little shocking in all that it leaves out. But what happens…
I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out. - Alex Katz
I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out.
What makes everything one is the style. - Alex Katz
What makes everything one is the style.
Actually, you want to go into an area where you're frightened. Otherwise, you're just going to be repainting beautiful paintings, but a little duller… - Alex Katz
Actually, you want to go into an area where you're frightened. Otherwise, you're just going to be repainting beautiful paintings, but a little duller…
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