My job is to return abstraction to the people: in a sense, to popularize it without lowering the bar, which is a lot easier said than done. Sean Scully Read Quote
I’m really in the business of unifying these two tendencies that have been at odds in our human history for a very long time: the logical and the romantic. Sean Scully Read Quote
When I was a young kid at art school, I loved the sensual geometry of Poliakoff, which, of course, is inherent in my own work. Sean Scully Read Quote
My art is based on impurity. You have to mix things from different refined cultures to get something raw, to make it go again. Sean Scully Read Quote
After my son died, I went to a psychiatrist. He proved – or I proved – that Sigmund Freud was correct when he said that the Irish are impervious to psychoanalysis. Sean Scully Read Quote
I was the only one to go to university, and the last thing my dad wanted was for me to be an artist. But later on, when I bought him a house in the south of Spain, he thought it was all right then. Sean Scully Read Quote
I started at school. When I painted, all the girls would come and sit around me. I realised that this was a really good way to get girlfriends. Sean Scully Read Quote
I’ve always wanted my art to be global rather than local. I want to make paintings that people everywhere can relate to. Sean Scully Read Quote
