Philip Guston Quotes
But you begin to feel as you go on working that unless painting proves its right to exist by being critical and self-judging, it has no reason to exist at all - or is not even possible. The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance.
Philip Guston
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I've always been a rough kid.
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Hans Jonas
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Taylour Paige
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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
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John Ashbery
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But you begin to feel as you go on working that unless painting proves its right to exist by being critical and self-judging, it has no reason to exist at all - or is not even possible. The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance.
Philip Guston
