I like to zoom out of the situation so I can see it all and don't get caught up in the little things down there.

- Ali Banisadr

When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time - be it current events, the books I am reading, personal events, inf…

- Ali Banisadr

Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.

- Ali Banisadr

Say someone tells me their name - that name can turn into a taste or a color and that's how I categorize it in my mind. It's an easy way of categoriz…

- Ali Banisadr

Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be better than the last. For …

- Ali Banisadr

As I work day after day, inspirations from different places go into the work. It's combination, but it's also comparative. I'll be reading two books …

- Ali Banisadr

When I was taking art history I was always angry that we would skip certain chapters because "it wasn't important." Like, "Let's skip over the Japane…

- Ali Banisadr

People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than something t…

- Ali Banisadr

I sometimes say the conflict in the work is the conflict of my own thoughts and anxieties. It's a civil war in my head. The top part [of my artwork] …

- Ali Banisadr