The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
No one is famous when they wake up in the morning, so it’s nice seeing people in moments when they’re just being themselves. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
Romanticism is not just about being in a fixed state of endless beauty, because you can’t live like that or live on that, that’s what I’ve learnt. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I lived in London for a time in the ’90s and I love it here. You know, I just go and see shows and have great dinners and walk around. Elizabeth Peyton Read Quote