My work makes people understand things in a visual way that I could never understand in a literal way - like the way you deal with and break down problems, and don't come up with answers, but [find] a pathway that becomes clearer.
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
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
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…
Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work. - Ali Banisadr
Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.
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
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…
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
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 …
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
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 …
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
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…
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
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…
Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a dream or hallucination. The characte… - Ali Banisadr
Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a dream or hallucination. The characte…
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