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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what’s high and low, or what’s deep or what’s shallow, complex or simple. I hope I’m ever-changing. Dan Colen Read Quote
All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy. Dan Colen Read Quote
It’s such a weird self-confidence that an artist has – to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, ‘I’m going to really work hard for it and give it and it’s just going to matter to people.’ You really have to believe it all on your own. Dan Colen Read Quote
It’s such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don’t want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside. Dan Colen Read Quote
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 Read Quote