Love is important. I didn’t have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I’ve always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I’d need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable. Dan Colen Read Quote
At the end of the day, you can’t have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in. Dan Colen Read Quote
It takes a lot of help – nature, friends, family, craftsmen – for me to make what I make. Dan Colen Read Quote
A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch – a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions. Dan Colen Read Quote
I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I’d be the one who would say, ‘All right, there’s Kate Moss. I’m going to try to make out with her.’ Dan Colen Read Quote
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 Read Quote
A lot of my work is about what’s abstract and what’s pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that. Dan Colen Read Quote
The different bodies of my work end themselves when there’s no more discovery to be had. Dan Colen Read Quote
