I travel so much that when I'm not traveling, I'm just kind of curled up in a ball here, not wanting to leave or see anyone. Molly Crabapple ballcurlkind Change image and share on social
You're demonstrating your own skills in a vulnerable way when you draw. Molly Crabapple demonstratedrawskill Change image and share on social
Historically, the women who have been the great painters of the canon have very often have been the wives or daughters of supportive men. Like Artemisia, whose father was a very established painter. I will say that the two current contemporary artists I admire the most are women: Kara Walker and Swoon. Molly Crabapple admireartemisiaartist share on social
When you're an outsider, you don't have loyalties to anyone, so you can be cruelly honest if need be. The more you get inside, the more you are involved in polite networks of professional coercion that make people less honest. Molly Crabapple coercioncruellyhonest share on social
Sketching in general - anywhere, not just in Gitmo, but in life, in the world - is a profoundly disruptive act. Because you're creating something when you're kind of expected to consume or sit passively. I've always sketched things as a way to get into them, whether it was a fancy nightclub or, you know, to have kids think I was cool, whatever. Molly Crabapple actconsumecool share on social
I am lucky because I do fine art, and that is half of my living. And then illustration provides the other half. Molly Crabapple artfinehalf Change image and share on social
I've become increasingly agoraphobic. Molly Crabapple agoraphobichaveincreasingly Change image and share on social
The type of work I do, which is often called 'Pop Surrealism,' is very separate from Gagosian and Mary Boone type of gallery art. Molly Crabapple artboonecall Change image and share on social
The problem with doing physically ambitious art is that to view it, you still have to be in your physical body. Molly Crabapple ambitiousartbody Change image and share on social
Sketching is like dancing. It's process as much as product. You can turn your head off and just sort of dissolve into the now. Doing a giant, super thought-out painting is the opposite of that. Molly Crabapple dancedissolvegiant Change image and share on social