Dan Colen Quotes

Dan Colen

American Artist

Born: 1979

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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy. Dan Colen

Joy Out Sorrow Celebrating Double-Edged Much Mechanisms

The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had. Dan Colen

Work More Had Discovery End Different Themselves Bodies

I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something. Dan Colen

Possess Magic Something Know Disbelief Always Been Any Interested Moments

It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make. Dan Colen

Family Nature Me Takes Make Lot Friends Craftsmen Help

As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination. Dan Colen

Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God. Dan Colen

Art God Think Kind About Through Which Lens

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see. Dan Colen

Spiritual Think Eye See Objects Like Beyond Powers Energies

For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design. Dan Colen

Family Me Crazy People Made Own Live Design Drama Our Possible My Own Lifestyle Hostility Tension Without Families Done Being

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images. Dan Colen

Try Ideas Equally Materials Very Handle Hard Things Images

Art class was my thing, but not any other class. Dan Colen

Art Class Other Any Thing

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