Guston Quotes
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Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats ... for jittery people.
— William Styron
To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.
— Philip Guston
I'm not interested in painting; I'm not interested in making a picture. Then what the hell am I interested in? I must be interested in this process.
— Philip Guston
Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair.
— Louis Moreau Gottschalk
I go to the studio everyday because one day I may go and the Angel will be there. What if I don't go and the Angel comes?
— Philip Guston
There's some mysterious process at work here, which I don't even want to understand.
— Philip Guston
More than a process, painting is being possessed ...
— Philip Guston
I should like to paint like an man who has never seen a painting, but this man -myself - lives in a museum.
— Philip Guston
I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.
— Philip Guston
And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.
— Robert Grosseteste
Men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men.
— Henry David Thoreau
Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood: and you will discover that blood is spirit.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.
— Philip Guston
Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.
— Philip Guston
Is there any phrase more ominous than you need to see exactly what you've done? I couldn't think of one offhand.
— Stephen King
That's what I mean by something grips in a canvas. The moment that happens you are then sucked into the whole thing. Like some kind of rhythm.
— Philip Guston