Frank Stella Quotes about Art

I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.

I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.

Life, Art, Giving

You see what you know!

Art, Knows

But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.

Frank Stella

Art, Illustration, Space

Frank Stella (1986). “Working Space”, p.5, Harvard University Press

The aim of art is to create space.

Frank Stella

Art, Illustration, Space

Frank Stella (1986). “Working Space”, p.5, Harvard University Press

Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.

Frank Stella

Art, Fall, Complicated

No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and if it's any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist's body; you can really lean on it.

Frank Stella

Art, Eye, Hands

I like real art. It's difficult to define 'real' but it is the best word for describing what I like to get out of art and what the best art has. It has the ability to convince you that it's present - that it's there. You could say it's authentic... but real is actually a better word, broad as it may be.

Frank Stella

Art, Real, May