You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
I think little things are more powerful because they’re more honest, so people feel them more strongly. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I think everybody can be beautiful. Anybody can have beauty. It’s about how you look at the world, in a way, and how you treat yourself. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
I start listening to something, or I’m seeing somebody a lot or seeing their art. And then I just really want to make a picture of them. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There’s something in music that fascinates me – how it communicates emotion so immediately. That’s something I wanted in my paintings. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They’re very thoughtful people – it makes sense to hear what they have to say. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
