Author: Philip Guston

Quotes

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

- Philip Guston

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?

- Philip Guston

I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.

I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.

- Philip Guston

Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined.

Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined.

- Philip Guston

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