Will Cotton Quotes

United States, Painter
1965

Will Cotton ( Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American painter. His work primarily features landscapes composed of sweets, often inhabited by human subjects. Will Cotton lives and works in New York City.

Also known as Sculptor

In terms of the class structure that you see so much in European portraiture, I don't think one feels that in America in the 21st century. But we have these other kinds of social structures now, like celebrity, who establish new hierarchies.

Will Cotton
In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

Will Cotton

People's love of sweets and guilty feelings about overindulgence are pretty universal.

Will Cotton
The goal of art-making in general is communication.

Will Cotton
There's something of a painting of a woman that represents all women - and by extension, all of humanity - that I just find very exciting. It's a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive.

Will Cotton
Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.

Will Cotton
- Powerful
- Visual
- Smells
As an artist, it's possible to get tired of yourself.

Will Cotton
- Artist
- Yourself
- Tired
When I first started painting candyland imagery, I was looking for the best possible metaphor for everything that is pleasure, desire and insatiability.

Will Cotton
- Desire
- Looking
- Candyland