That’s the huge problem with an abstract painting. When are you done? You’re done when you don’t want to do it anymore.
At some point, I get a weird feeling, and that's when I know it's done. I probably ruin a lot of really perfectly fine things. So part of working on … - Amy Sillman
At some point, I get a weird feeling, and that's when I know it's done. I probably ruin a lot of really perfectly fine things. So part of working on …
- Amy Sillman
All accidents and experiments, and discoveries, are what my work is about. The problem that I have as an artist is being way too critical. - Amy Sillman
All accidents and experiments, and discoveries, are what my work is about. The problem that I have as an artist is being way too critical.
Every painting I've ever done has like 100 paintings under it. - Amy Sillman
Every painting I've ever done has like 100 paintings under it.
That’s the huge problem with an abstract painting. When are you done? You’re done when you don’t want to do it anymore. - Amy Sillman
A lot of what I do in my work is taking a thing and either washing it off, scraping it, covering it, scraping it and then washing it, turning it upsi… - Amy Sillman
A lot of what I do in my work is taking a thing and either washing it off, scraping it, covering it, scraping it and then washing it, turning it upsi…
Who would be an artist that was perfectly happy? Maybe nowadays, but when I grew up in the '60s, you had nobody in the art club who was popular. No c… - Amy Sillman
Who would be an artist that was perfectly happy? Maybe nowadays, but when I grew up in the '60s, you had nobody in the art club who was popular. No c…
In my work, we're not looking at an icon, we're not looking at a sign, we're not looking at a representation. We're looking at something. I do have t… - Amy Sillman
In my work, we're not looking at an icon, we're not looking at a sign, we're not looking at a representation. We're looking at something. I do have t…
I make paintings really slowly because I change them and change them and change them and change them and change them. I don't really know how to not … - Amy Sillman
I make paintings really slowly because I change them and change them and change them and change them and change them. I don't really know how to not …
It's more this instinct to get in trouble, and then get myself out of trouble. That's what painting is for me. - Amy Sillman
It's more this instinct to get in trouble, and then get myself out of trouble. That's what painting is for me.
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