Alex Katz Says

"Content is not an idea that's given beforehand; it emerges in the interaction between the painting and the spectator. You create a situation in which rich content can emerge."

Two Paintings by Two Artists

Tuymans 2002 (Top)
Vuillard 1890

(Bottom)

Christian Boltanski Says

"A good work of art can never be read in one way."

Red

Vija Celmins Says

"There’s a time when you are in your 20s and maybe in your early 30s when the whole idea of making something is so much of a fire in you and then you make these friendships and you look at each other’s art. I often think that’s such a wonderful time. I wish I’d had more camaraderie instead of feeling a little more isolated than I did. But now I don’t even think about it one way or another, because now I realize we’re all sort of alone. I just don’t think there’s an avant-garde or movement anymore. It’s relatively grim in the art world. It’s every man for himself, but at the same time full of wonderful surprises. As for my work, which is not that entertaining, or about entertainment, the one thing that I always wish to have is my small handprint, so that it would be considered one gesture from one human being to another."