The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of discoveries are apt to s…

- Abe Ajay

Collage-making, for me, is basically an act of painting, allowing me to indulge in an appetite for immediacy.

- Abe Ajay

The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial 'nose for the new look.' But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blo…

- Abe Ajay

Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that 'Search is the Process' and 'Discovery the Art Form.

- Abe Ajay

I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.

- Abe Ajay

By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a…

- Abe Ajay

It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.

- Abe Ajay

Every time some new huckster of angst-ridden metaphor is appointed by Art Forum, the congregation genuflects, stroking the catalog like a handful of …

- Abe Ajay