Elizabeth Peyton Quotes

Elizabeth Peyton

American Artist

Born: 1965

Art Need People World You Yourself

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If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night. Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece. Elizabeth Peyton

I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and they start putting themselves out into the world. I think you can see it in people when it's happening. They look different. Elizabeth Peyton

You People World Amazing Think Out See Putting Look Different Happening Realize Themselves Moment Start

To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects. Elizabeth Peyton

Well Subjects Paint Need

A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts. Elizabeth Peyton

The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different. Elizabeth Peyton

You People Face Draw Photographed Faces Make Very Different Them

I love the idea that someone I like would have a piece of mine in their house and have a relationship with it. Elizabeth Peyton

Love Relationship Mine Would Someone Idea Like Piece House

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