Alex Katz Quotes
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You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.
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I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out.
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If you know what you're doing, you're doing dull stuff.
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Part of what I'm about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way.
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What's in front of me is what's most interesting.
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Paint faster than you can think.
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What makes everything one is the style.
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You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.
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Sometimes it takes me days or weeks to get something clear in my head on what I want to do. Everything is in steps. One thing leads to another.
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Actually, you want to go into an area where you're frightened. Otherwise, you're just going to be repainting beautiful paintings, but a little duller each time.