I definitely am concerned with preservation. For me, what's interesting is the archival state, or how long oil paintings last. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes archival concern interest
People understand what art is supposed to look like, and so it's easy to make something that looks like art but isn't - especially in an abstract form. Lucien Smith abstractarteasy Change image and share on social
I started thinking about how rain is depicted in illustrations. In comics that use gouache or watercolor, they use light blue, so I started using that color. Lucien Smith bluecolorcomic Change image and share on social
I was born in L.A., but raised in New York. Lucien Smith bearraiseyork Change image and share on social
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting. Barbara Mertz appearancebeautifulbig share on social
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. Ida B. Wells comecommonconcern share on social
The initial research will be very indiscriminate. I do a lot of reading, buy a stack of books and read and digest them, and then I start doing phone interviews and archival research and then the travelling. John Jeremiah Sullivan archivalbookbuy share on social