Elizabeth Peyton quotes

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)
You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
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. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
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. View quote
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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. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
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. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
I don't rise to the occasion unless I'm really moved. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
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. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton
I think little things are more powerful because they're more honest, so people feel them more strongly. (Elizabeth Peyton)
There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings. View quote
Elizabeth Peyton